Hezbollah and the Framing of Resistance

• This study builds on the insight that Hezbollah is a holistic network whose social, political, military, and cultural dimensions are all parts of a discourse of resistance. Conducting a qualitative frame analysis of speeches by Hezbollah’s General Secretary Nasrallah, supported by interviews with Hezbollah leadership privy to its ideology, this study analyzes the construction of muqawama [resistance]. Resistance is a complex social phenomenon, which can be manifested, for example, in the differences in how resistance is framed in varying contexts, often addressing different audiences. However, three unifying themes emerged from the frame analysis: diversity of resistance; normalization of resistance; and social dimensions of resistance.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science -- Political Science (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Hezbollah

Resistance

Framing

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)