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Popular politics in the making of the modern Middle East / John Chalcraft, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016Edition: Reprint editionDescription: xvii, 594 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521189422 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.956 CHA 22
Contents:
Part I. Millenarianism, renewal, justice, rights and reform, 1798-1914 -- Part II. Patriotism, liberalism, armed struggle, and ideology, 1914-1952 -- Part III. National independence, guerrilla war, and social revolution, 1952-1976 -- Part IV. Islamism, revolution, uprisings, and liberalism, 1977-2011 -- Conclusion.
Summary: The waves of protest ignited by the self-immolation of Muhammad Bouazizi in Tunisia in late 2010 highlighted for an international audience the importance of contentious politics in the Middle East and North Africa. John Chalcraft's ground-breaking account of popular protest emphasizes the revolutionary modern history of the entire region. Challenging top-down views of Middle Eastern politics, he looks at how commoners, subjects and citizens have long mobilised in defiance of authorities. Chalcraft takes examples from a wide variety of protest movements from Morocco to Iran. He forges a new narrative of change over time, creating a truly comparative framework rooted in the dynamics of hegemonic contestation. Beginning with movements under the Ottomans, which challenged corruption and oppression under the banners of religion, justice, rights and custom, this book goes on to discuss the impact of constitutional movements, armed struggles, nationalism and independence, revolution and Islamism. A work of unprecedented range and depth, this volume will be welcomed by undergraduates and graduates studying protest in the region and beyond. -- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Millenarianism, renewal, justice, rights and reform, 1798-1914 -- Part II. Patriotism, liberalism, armed struggle, and ideology, 1914-1952 -- Part III. National independence, guerrilla war, and social revolution, 1952-1976 -- Part IV. Islamism, revolution, uprisings, and liberalism, 1977-2011 -- Conclusion.

The waves of protest ignited by the self-immolation of Muhammad Bouazizi in Tunisia in late 2010 highlighted for an international audience the importance of contentious politics in the Middle East and North Africa. John Chalcraft's ground-breaking account of popular protest emphasizes the revolutionary modern history of the entire region. Challenging top-down views of Middle Eastern politics, he looks at how commoners, subjects and citizens have long mobilised in defiance of authorities. Chalcraft takes examples from a wide variety of protest movements from Morocco to Iran. He forges a new narrative of change over time, creating a truly comparative framework rooted in the dynamics of hegemonic contestation. Beginning with movements under the Ottomans, which challenged corruption and oppression under the banners of religion, justice, rights and custom, this book goes on to discuss the impact of constitutional movements, armed struggles, nationalism and independence, revolution and Islamism. A work of unprecedented range and depth, this volume will be welcomed by undergraduates and graduates studying protest in the region and beyond. -- Provided by publisher.

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