Egypt in the Future Tense Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence before and after 2011 / Samuli Schielke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schielke, Joska Samuli., Author.

Series:

Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa

Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptians--Political activity--21st century.

Egyptians.

Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.

Egypt.

Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-.

Egypt--Rural conditions--21st century.

Egypt--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (490 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Against the backdrop of the revolutionary uprisings of 2011-2013, Samuli Schielke asks how ordinary Egyptians confront the great promises and grand schemes of religious commitment, middle class respectability, romantic love, and political ideologies in their daily lives, and how they make sense of the existential anxieties and stalled expectations that inevitably accompany such hopes. Drawing on many years of study in Egypt and the life stories of rural, lower-middle-class men before and after the revolution, Schielke views recent events in ways that are both historically deep and personal. Sc

Contents:

Introduction: a moment in history

Boredom and frustration

An hour for your heart and an hour for your Lord

Knowing Islam

Love troubles

Capitalist ethics?

I want to be committed

Engaging the world

Condition: normal

Those who said no

Conclusion: on freedom, destiny, and consequences.

Notes:

Bibliogr. p. 239-254. Notes bibliogr. Index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-01589-8

OCLC:

904438019