From the 1919 Revolution to the 2011 Arab Spring: A History of Three Egyptian Thawras Reconsidered

ISBN-13: 9781032398273 / Twarda / 2024 / 280 str.

Opis

Focused on three Egyptian revolutions – in 1919, 1952, and 2011 – this edited book argues that each of these revolutions is a milestone which represents a meaningful turning point in modern Egyptian history.

Spis treści

Revolutions in Egypt – A Theoretical Framework  1. The Conceptualization of the 1919, 1952 and 2011 Risings: Thawra or Revolution?  2. The Burden of History  Egyptian Revolutions from Within: Politics, Society, Economy and Regional Role  3. Who Has Governed Egypt – Ruler, Regime, or State? Egypt’s Unrevolutionary 1971 Revolution  4. Historic Pathways in Two Revolutions: 1919 and 2011  5. Vertical vs. Horizontal: Egypt’s State-Religion Discourse Before and After the 2011 Uprising  6. The Lonely Minority? Assessing the Modern Story of Egypt’s Copts and their "Return to Tradition"  7. Egypt: The Inevitable Consequences of Inconsistent Socioeconomic Policies  8. From Leader to Partner: Egypt’s Declining Role in the Arab System (1952-2020)  How Should a Revolution be Remembered? Hegemonic Collective Memory Versus Counter Collective Memories  9. State Efforts to Establish Museums for the 1952 Revolution in Egypt  10. The Jubilee Celebrations of Egypt’s 1952 Revolution and the Construction of Collective Memory  11. Language, Humor, and Revolution in Contemporary Egypt  12. Young Egyptians Conquer the Public Sphere of Taḥrīr Square, Reshaping Egyptian Collective Memory and Identity through Graffiti

O autorze

Uzi Rabi is the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History, and a senior researcher at the Center for Iranian Studies, all at Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on the modern history and evolution of states and societies in the Middle East, Iranian-Arab relations, oil and politics in the Middle East, and Sunni-Shi'i dynamics.

Mira Tzoreff is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Middle East and African History and a Senior Researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center – both at Tel Aviv University. Her areas of research are the socio-cultural history of modern Egypt, women and gender in Arab and Islamic societies and youth in the Middle East and North Africa.