The Global Cold War on Campus

Student Activism at Kabul University, 1964–1992
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-11-113804-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 479 g

Reihe: ZMO-Studien

How and why did students at Kabul University engage in political activism or refrained from it between 1964 and 1992? Based on oral history interviews with former students, this book reveals how they – as many others around the world at the same time – were galvanized by and disappointed with promises of progress dominating local and international politics. During the 1960s, the international influences on campus encouraged students’ engagement with competing political ideologies. Collective student protest against the monarchy turned into hostilities between opposing political groups within the student body claiming to lead Afghanistan towards independence and prosperity. After the coup d’état by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in 1978, none of the ideologies which had previously incited students provided hope for a better future anymore. Many students who had fought for the PDPA earlier were repelled by the government’s violence and those who stood up against the regime were persecuted and fled the country. Overall, the dynamics of political activism at Kabul University reflect the deep intertwinement of the Global Cold War and local struggles for inclusion and independence.

Zielgruppe

Scholars in History, Islamic and literary studies, sociologists, / Historiker/-innen, Islamwissenschaftler/-innen, Soziolog/-innen,

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klausmann, Kyara Anne

Klausmann, Kyara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Kyara Klausmann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Kyara Klausmann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.