Revolution squared : Tahrir, political possibilities, and counterrevolution in Egypt / Atef Shahat Said.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saʻīd, ʻĀṭif Shaḥḥāt, author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements--Egypt--Cairo.

Protest movements.

Revolutions--Egypt--History--21st century.

Revolutions.

Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013.

Egypt.

Maydān al-Taḥrīr (Cairo, Egypt).

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"In Revolution Squared Atef Shahat Said examines the 2011 Egyptian Revolution to trace the expansive range of liberatory possibilities and containment at the heart of every revolution. Drawing on historical analysis and his own participation in the revolution, Said outlines the importance of Tahrir Square and other physical spaces as well as the role of social media and digital spaces. He develops the notion of lived contingency-the ways revolutionary actors practice and experience the revolution in terms of the actions they do or do not take-to show how Egyptians made sense of what was possible during the revolution. Said charts the lived contingencies of Egyptian revolutionaries from the decade prior to the revolution's outbreak to its peak and the so-called transition to democracy to the 2013 military coup into to the present. Contrary to retrospective accounts and counterrevolutionary thought, Said argues that the Egyptian Revolution was not doomed to defeat. Rather, he demonstrates that Egyptians did not fully grasp their immense clout and that limited reformist demands reduced the revolution's potential for transformation" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Revolution as Lived Contingency

Prelude to Revolutionary Possibilities

Tahrir and Political Protest in Egypt

Peak of Revolutionary Possibilities

Squared I: How the Revolution Was "Bound" within Tahrir

Sovereignty in the Street

Popular Committees, Revolutionary Ambivalence, and Unrealized Power

The Two Souls of the Egyptian Revolution

Democratic Demands, Radical Strikes

Waning Revolutionary Possibilities

Squared II: Counterrevolutionary Coercion and Election without Democratization

Square Zero

The State, Counterrevolutionary Paranoia, and the Withdrawal of Activists

Revolution as Experience

The Egyptian Revolution of 2011: Timeline

A Note on Positionality

Notes on Methods; or, How I Conducted Historical Ethnography of a Revolution

Major Political Coalitions in Egypt, 2000-2010.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Saʻīd, ʻĀṭif Shaḥḥāt. Revolution squared.

ISBN:

9781478027638

1478027630

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