Arab Spring: Uprisings, Powers, Interventions UK Edition Contributor(s): Fosshagen, Kjetil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1782384650 ISBN-13: 9781782384656 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern |
Dewey: 909.097 |
LCCN: 2014005617 |
Series: Critical Intervensions: A Forum for Social Analysis |
Physical Information: 0.26" H x 4.37" W x 7" (0.21 lbs) 122 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The events of the Arab Spring presented a dramatic reconstitution of politics and the public sphere through their aesthetic and performative uses of public space. Mass demonstrations have become a new global political form, grounded in the localization of globalizing processes, institutions, and relationships. This volume delves beneath the seemingly chaotic nature of events to explore the structural dynamics underpinning popular resistance and their support or suppression. It moves beyond what has usually been defined as Arab Spring nations to include critical views on Bahrain, the Palestinian territories, and Turkey. The research and analysis presented explores not just the immediate protests, but also the historical realization, appropriation, and even institutionalization of these critical voices, as well as the role of international criminal law and legal exceptionalism in authorizing humanitarian interventions. Above all, it questions whether the revolutions have since been hijacked and the broad popular uprisings already overrun, suppressed, or usurped by the upper classes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fosshagen, Kjetil: - Kjetil Fosshagen teaches in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. |