TY  - BOOK
AU  - Achcar,Gilbert
TI  - Morbid symptoms: relapse in the Arab uprising 
T2  - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
SN  - 9781503600317
U1  - 909.097492708312 22
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Arab Spring, 2010-
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Protest movements
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Syria
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 2011-
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Protests, 2011-2013
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2000-
KW  - 21st century
KW  - MASPPSS
KW  - September2019
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : of revolutionary cycles and seasons -- "Democratic transition" and revolutionary process -- One revolution, two counter-revolutions -- Syria : the clash of barbarisms -- The abandonment of the Syrian people -- The making of the Syrian disaster -- The Assad regime's preferred enemy -- Turkey's and the Gulf monarchies' preferred friends -- The Syrian predicament -- Russian intervention and Western wavering -- Whither Syria? -- Egypt : the "23 July" of Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi -- How the Muslim Brotherhood's bid for power unfolded -- Neither lion nor fox -- Incensing the country -- Enter Tamarrod -- Nasserist illusions -- The military's second hijacking of the people's will -- The ruthless rise of Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi -- The tailoring of Sisi's presidential suit -- The farcical aspect of Egypt's tragedy -- Neoliberal constancy -- Megalomania and megaprojects -- The military's takeover of Egypt -- Whither Egypt? -- Conclusion : "Arab winter" and hope -- Libya and Yemen : two variations on the same tune -- The Tunisian "model" and its limits -- The Arab left and the strategic challenge
ER  -