Violence and representation in the Arab uprisings / Benoît Challand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Challand, Benoît, 1972- author.

Series:

Global Middle East (Cambridge, England) ; 21.

The global Middle East ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--Arab countries.

Political participation.

Citizenship--Arab countries.

Citizenship.

Political violence--Arab countries.

Political violence.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Arab countries--Politics and government.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 462 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Providing a longue durée perspective on the Arab uprisings of 2011, Benoît Challand narrates the transformation of citizenship in the Arab Middle East, from a condition of latent citizenship in the colonial and post-independence era to the revolutionary dynamics that stimulated democratic participation. Considering the parallel histories of citizenship in Yemen and Tunisia, Challand develops innovative theories of violence and representation that view cultural representations as calls for a decentralized political order and democratic accountability over the security forces. He argues that a new collective imaginary emerged in 2011 when the people represented itself as the only legitimate power able to decide when violence ought to be used to protect all citizens from corrupt power. Shedding light upon uprisings in Yemen and Tunisia, but also elsewhere in the Middle East, this book offers deeper insights into conceptions of violence, representation, and democracy.

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ISBN:

9781108780421 (ebook)

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