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Bullets in Envelopes


Bullets in Envelopes

Iraqi Academics in Exile
1. Aufl.

von: Louis Yako

26,99 €

Verlag: Pluto Press
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 20.06.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9781786807458
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 256

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<p>'A vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' - miriam cooke</p>
<p>Following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, many Iraqi academics were assassinated. Countless others received bullets in envelopes and instructions to leave their institutions (and in many cases the country) or get killed. Many heeded the warning and fled into exile.<br> <br> Having played such a pivotal role in shaping post-independence Iraqi society, the exile and internal displacement of its academics has had a profound impact. Tracing the academic, political and social lives of 63 academics, Bullets in Envelopes offers a 'genealogy of loss', and a groundbreaking appraisal of the dismantling and restructuring of Iraqi institutions, culture and society.<br> <br> Through extensive fieldwork in the UK, Jordan and Iraqi Kurdistan, Louis Yako shows the human side of the destructive 2003 occupation, and asks us to imagine a better future.</p>
<p>The social and intellectual history of Iraq told through the academic, political and social experiences of Iraqi academics in exile</p>
<p>Preface <br> Starting from the End: Returning to Iraq after a Decade in Exile<br> Acknowledgments<br> Introduction: The Story of This Story <br> Questions and Contributions<br> Fieldwork and Research<br> Chapter-by-Chapter Summary<br> PART I<br> 1. A Nuanced Understanding of Iraq during the Baʿath Era <br> The Conveniently Omitted Nuances of Iraq’s Story in Western<br> Discourse <br> A More Refined Understanding of the Iraqi Baʿath Era <br> 2. The Baʿath Era: Iraqi Academics Looking Back <br> Communist Academics and the Baʿath <br> Curriculum, Fellowships, and Freedom of Expression <br> Women Academics under the Baʿath <br> Religion and Sectarianism under the Baʿath <br> 3. The UN Sanctions: Consenting to Occupation through Starvation <br> Documented Facts and Consequences of the UN Sanctions <br> Blockaded on Every Side <br> Women Academics during the Sanctions <br> Academic Voices Critiquing the Iraqi Regime <br> PART II<br> 4. The Occupation: Paving the Road to Exile and Displacement <br> Restructuring State and Society through Cultural and Academic Cleansing <br> Killings, Assassinations, and Threats as Cleansing <br> Sectarian Violence as Cleansing <br> “De-Baʿathification” as Cleansing <br> 5. Lives under Contract: The Transition to the Corporate University <br> Exile Starts at Home <br> Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Jordan <br> Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Iraqi<br> Kurdistan <br> The Campus as “Concentration Camp” <br> 6. Language as a Metonym for Politics <br> The Politics of Language on Campus <br> The Social Implications <br> Do Sad Stories Ever End? <br> 7. Final Reflections: Home, Exile, and the Future <br> Notes <br> Bibliography<br> Index</p>

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