Said Revolution Squared

Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2763-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

Drawing on historical analysis and his own participation in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, Atef Shahat Said examines how limited reformist demands and the failure of Egyptians to fully grasp their clout reduced the revolution’s potential.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Said, Atef Shahat

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note on Transliteration xii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction. Revolution as Lived Contingency 1
1. Prelude to Revolutionary Possibilities: Tahrir and Political Protest in Egypt 31
2. Peak of Revolutionary Possibilities: Squared I: How the Revolution Was “Bound” within Tahrir 57
3. Sovereignty in the Street: Popular Committees, Revolutionary Ambivalence, and Unrealized Power 87
4. The Two Souls of the Egyptian Revolution: Democratic Demands, Radical Strikes 112
5. Waning Revolutionary Possibilities: Squared II: Counterrevolutionary Coercion and Elections without Democratization 147
6. Square Zero: The State, Counterrevolutionary Paranoia, and the Withdrawal of Activists 178
Conclusion: Revolution as Experience 210
Appendix 1. Brief Timeline of the Egyptian Revolution, 2011–2018 227
Appendix 2. A Note on Positionality 231
Appendix 3. Notes on Methods, or How I Conducted Historical Ethnography of a Revolution 235
Appendix 4. Major Political Coalitions in Egypt, 2000–2010 251
Notes 263
References 289
Index 325

Über Autor(innen)

Atef Shahat Said is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of two books in Arabic.