Martyrs and Tricksters - An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution (Hardcover)

An important look at the hopeful rise and tragic defeat of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began with immense hope, but was defeated in two and a half years, ushering in the most brutal and corrupt regime in modern Egyptian history. How was the passage from utmost euphoria into abject despair experienced, not only by those committed to revolutionary change, but also by people indifferent or even hostile to the revolution? In Martyrs and Tricksters, anthropologist and Cairo resident Walter Armbrust explores the revolution through the lens of liminality-initially a communal fellowship, where everything seemed possible, transformed into a devastating limbo with no exit. To make sense of events, Armbrust looks at the martyrs, trickster media personalities, public spaces, contested narratives, historical allusions, and factional struggles during this chaotic time. Armbrust shows that while martyrs became the primary symbols of mobilization, no one took seriously enough the emergence of political tricksters. Tricksters appeared in media-not the vaunted social media of a "Facebook revolution" but television-and they paved the way for the rise of Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi. In the end Egypt became a global political vanguard, but not in the way the revolutionaries intended. What initially appeared as the gateway to an age of revolution has transformed the world over into the age of the trickster. Delving into how Egyptians moved from unprecedented exhilaration to confusion and massacre, Martyrs and Tricksters is a powerful cultural biography of a tragic revolution.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Release date:	July 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Walter Armbrust
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-16263-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > History of other lands
LSN:	0-691-16263-8
Barcode:	9780691162638

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