Though it is rarely explicitly articulated, many believe that
there is no "public" in the Middle East. Scholarship on the Middle
East and North Africa almost always engages with politics-a
prominent focus of this region-yet the assumed absence of public
spaces and fora has led many to think that debate, consensus, and
concerted social action are antithetical to the cultural,
religious, and national heritage of the region.
It is a mistake to exclude the public dimension from the study
of processes in this region. Recent studies have demonstrated not
only the critical importance of the public in everyday practices of
the MENA region, but they have also shown how the term and notion
of the public sphere can be used productively to advance
understandings of collective life. The first section of this volume
offers alternative conceptions of the public sphere through rich
and innovative theoretical analysis. Philosophical investigations
focus on the role of collective action, the relationship between
nationalism and democracy, and the notions of the public employed
by socioreligious movements. The second section addresses a wide
range of counter-hegemonic discourses and practices that enable the
public sphere, such as memoirs, testimonies, strategies of
surveillance, the Tehran bazaar, and the movements of migratory
workers. The third section provides empirical accounts of the way
in which mutual communication through technology has vitally
expanded the notion of the public in the MENA region. In
conclusion, conflict and resistance are shown to be generative
forces in public discourse and debate and in the production of
national publics.
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