Rahaf Aldoughli

This book provides a novel analysis of the conceptual sources and ideological contours of the Assad regime. Romanticizing Masculinity in Baathist Syria documents the Baathists' fascination with romanticised and 'muscular' ideas of the nation that emerged in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European social philosophy. It traces the implementation and impacts of these ideologies in the Syrian context. Emphasising the emergence of...