| Description |
1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Global Connections Ser |
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Global Connections Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Rebels and regimes; The road to Brexit; The British Empire and the West; The road to Mandalay; Educated dissidents; Demanding attention; Inside story; Notes; Bibliography; 2. Oscar Wilde; Wilde ambitions; Disintegration; Respectable radical; Smiling saboteur; Hard cell; Empire and Reich; Notes; Bibliography; 3. Jean Améry; Colossi in conflict; Austrian beginnings; Fateful trains; A new start; Justice and honour; Notes; Bibliography; 4. Nelson Mandela; Nazism and apartheid; Burying Madiba |
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The Afrikaner story and SmutsThe ANC story and Mandela; After apartheid; Statues in a square; Notes; Bibliography; 5. Aung San Suu Kyi; Beauty and the Beast; Resisting the Raj; Who shall rule?; Apprenticeship; Game changers; Dialogue or repression?; Notes; Bibliography; 6. Confronting humiliation; The spectre of empire; Saboteur, soldier, saint and sage; Judo, chess and poker; Notes; Bibliography; 7. The big picture; War and freedom; Brexit and Britannia; Rebellion, risk and revenge; Revolt and retreat; Challenge for the West; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Civilized Rebels compares in depth four very well-known literary and political figures, who all opposed arrogant regimes and became prisoners. Through comparative biographies of Oscar Wilde, Jean Ameŕy, Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi, it explores the long-term process of the retreat of the West from global power since the late nineteenth century, relating this to the decline and fall of the British Empire and the trauma surrounding Brexit. Drawing on rich empirical materials to examine themes of forced displacement, war, poverty, imprisonment and the threat of humiliation, the book reveals how these highly civilized rebels penetrated their opponents' mind-sets, while also providing a sophisticated analysis of how their struggles fitted into the larger world picture. Methodologically and theoretically innovative, and written in a lively and accessible style, Civilized Rebels will appeal to scholars across a range of disciplines, with interests in globalization, historical international relations, postcolonial and subaltern studies, comparative biographical studies, European studies, the sociology of emotions and historical sociology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Dissenters -- Case studies
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Radicals -- Case studies
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Political prisoners -- Case studies
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Imperialism.
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Balance of power.
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International relations.
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international relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Balance of power
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Dissenters
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Imperialism
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International relations
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Political prisoners
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Radicals
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351189309 |
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1351189301 |
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9781351189293 |
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1351189298 |
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9781351189286 |
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135118928X |
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9781351189316 |
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135118931X |
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