Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa / Simon Wolfgang Fuchs and Thomas Pierret.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang, author.

Pierret, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias.

Utopias--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]

Summary:

The first comprehensive overview of utopianism in the modern Middle East and North Africa.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: The Three Ages of Utopianism in the Modern Middle East and North Africa

Part I ASPIRATIONS OF THE LIBERAL AGE

1 THE PERSIAN DREAMS: THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION AND FANTASISING OVER LOST AND ENVISAGED UTOPIAS

2 EGYPT 3105 ce: SALAMA MUSA’S VIEWS ON UTOPIA

Part II VISIONS OF HIGH MODERNITY

3 THE IDEA OF SECULARISM IN TRANSCENDENT TURKISH UTOPIAS

4 THE CITY IS AN EDUCATOR: UTOPIANISM, URBANISM AND THE CREATION OF REPUBLICAN ANKARA

5 ATOMIC UTOPIAS IN EGYPT: DECOLONISATION, TECHNONATIONALISM, AND POPULAR SCIENCE, 1945–50

Part III THE CITY OF GOD: ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES

6 PARADISE ON EARTH: HOW THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BUILT A ‘VIRTUOUS CITY’ (MADINA FADILA) IN ‘ABD AL-NASIR’S PRISONS

7 THE UTOPIAN CALIPHATE: WHAT DOES THE CALIPHATE MEAN FOR THE PEOPLE?

Part IV REVOLUTIONARY HORIZONS AND AUTHORITARIAN DREAMS AFTER THE RADICAL AGE

8 PRACTISING UTOPIA – GOVERNING EFFECTS OF DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERALIST DISCOURSE IN NORTH AND EAST SYRIA

9 DEMOCRACY IMAGINED FROM BELOW: AN ANALYSIS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY IMAGINARIES OF THE TUNISIAN UPRISINGS AFTER 2011

10 BORROWING FACES, RE-ENACTING MODERNITY: ON A PHOTONOVEL BY FEHRAS PUBLISHING PRACTICES

11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN

CONCLUSION: FROM UTOPIAN DREAMS TO PRAGMATIC ALTER-CITIZENSHIP AND LOW-KEY UTOPIAS?

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781399537759

139953775X

OCLC:

1503845968