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The Reawakening of the Arab World - Challenge and Change in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring (Paperback)
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The Reawakening of the Arab World - Challenge and Change in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring (Paperback)
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According to renowned Marxist economist Samir Amin, the recent Arab
Spring uprisings comprise an integral part of a massive "second
awakening" of the Global South. From the self-immolation in
December 2010 of a Tunisian street vendor, to the consequent
outcries in Cairo's Tahrir Square against poverty and corruption,
to the ongoing upheavals across the Middle East and Northern
Africa, the Arab world is shaping what may become of Western
imperialism - an already tottering and overextended system. The
Reawakening of the Arab World examines the complex interplay of
nations regarding the Arab Spring and its continuing, turbulent
seasons. Beginning with Amin's compelling interpretation of the
2011 popular Arab explosions, the book is comprised of five
chapters - including a new chapter analyzing U.S. geo-strategy.
Amin sees the United States, in an increasingly multi-polar world,
as a victim of overreach, caught in its own web of attempts to
contain the challenge of China, while confronting the staying power
of nations such as Syria and Iran. The growing, deeply-felt need of
the Arab people for independent, popular democracy is the cause of
their awakening, says Amin. It is this awakening to democracy that
the United States fears most, since real self-government by
independent nations would necessarily mean the end of U.S. empire,
and the economic liberalism that has kept it in place. The way
forward for the Arab world, Amin argues, is to take on, not just
Western imperialism, but also capitalism itself.
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