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Morbid symptoms : relapse in the Arab uprising
- Title
- Morbid symptoms : relapse in the Arab uprising / Gilbert Achcar.
- Author
- Achcar, Gilbert
- Publication
- London : Saqi Books, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 228 pages; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Egypt
- Syria
- Protest movements
- Arab Spring (2010-)
- Politics and government
- Egypt > History > Protests, 2011-
- Since 2000
- Protests (Egypt : 2011-)
- Arab Spring, 2010-
- Syria > History > Civil War, 2011-
- Civil War (Syria : 2011-)
- Syria > Politics and government > 2000-
- History
- Protest movements > Arab countries
- Arab countries
- Egypt > Politics and government > 21st century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Of revolutionary cycles and seasons -- "Democratic transition" and revolutionary process -- One revolution, two counter-revolutions -- Syria : the clash of barbarisms -- The abandonment of the Syrian people -- The making of the Syrian disaster -- The Assad regime's preferred enemy -- Turkey's and the Gulf monarchies' preferred friends -- The Syrian predicament -- Russian intervention and Western wavering -- Whither Syria? -- Egypt : the "23 July" of Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi -- How the Muslim Brotherhood's bid for power unfolded -- Neither lion nor fox -- Incensing the country -- Enter Tamarrod -- Nasserist illusions -- The military's second hijacking of the people's will -- The ruthless rise of Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi -- The tailoring of Sisi's presidential suit -- The farcical aspect of Egypt's tragedy -- Neoliberal constancy -- Megalomania and megaprojects -- The military's takeover of Egypt -- Whither Egypt? -- Conclusion : "Arab winter" and hope -- Libya and Yemen : two variations on the same tune -- The Tunisian "model" and its limits -- The Arab left and the strategic challenge.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-4743
- ISBN
- 0863561837
- 9780863561832
- OCLC
- 933585392
- Author
- Achcar, Gilbert, author.
- Title
- Morbid symptoms : relapse in the Arab uprising / Gilbert Achcar.
- Publisher
- London : Saqi Books, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index.
- Chronological Term
- Since 2000
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-4743