Abstract

This article examines the intergenerational transmission of social movement activism in Bahrain, with a focus on the human rights movement and al-Khawaja family. The research argues that intergenerational transmission and the inheritance of capital, in a family setting, is a vital resource for the local and transnational movement. Specifically, the research investigates multiple generations of activists from the same families to unearth the effects of activism running across the various generations. In alignment with a growing trend in social movement scholarship, the article seeks a better understanding of the effects that authoritarian conditions have on social movements. The research uses a Bourdeusian analytical framework and is based upon sixteen interviews with three different generations of Bahraini human rights activists, retrieving their biographical trajectories. By approaching the intergenerational transmission of social movement activism and the inheritance of capital as constitutive of activists’ radical habitus, this paper demonstrates that the family is a crucial resource for social movements acting within the repressive circumstances of an authoritarian state.

摘要

本文考察了巴林社会运动激进主义的代际传递，重点关注人权运动和 al-Khawaja 家族。该研究认为，在家庭环境中，代际传递和资本继承是当地和跨国运动的重要资源。具体来说，该研究调查了来自同一家庭的多代活动家，以挖掘跨代活动的影响。与社会运动奖学金的增长趋势一致，本文寻求更好地理解专制条件对社会运动的影响。该研究使用布尔德乌斯分析框架，基于对巴林三代人权活动家的 16 次采访，检索他们的传记轨迹。通过研究社会运动激进主义的代际传递和作为激进分子激进习性构成要素的资本继承，本文表明家庭是在专制国家的压制环境中开展社会运动的重要资源。