Ambiguities of DominationTreating rhetoric and symbols as central rather than peripheral to politics, Lisa Wedeens groundbreaking book offers a compelling counterargument to those who insist that politics is primarily about material interests and the groups advocating for them. During the thirty year rule of President Hafiz al Asads regime, his image was everywhere. In newspapers, on television, and during orchestrated spectacles. Asad was praised as the father, the gallant