Morbid symptoms :
Achcar, Gilbert,
Morbid symptoms : relapse in the Arab uprising / Gilbert Achcar. - xi, 226 pages ; 23 cm. - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures .
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.
9781503600317
Arab Spring, 2010-
Protest movements--Arab countries.
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-
Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013.
Syria--Politics and government--2000-
Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.
909.097492708312 / ACH
Morbid symptoms : relapse in the Arab uprising / Gilbert Achcar. - xi, 226 pages ; 23 cm. - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures .
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.
9781503600317
Arab Spring, 2010-
Protest movements--Arab countries.
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-
Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013.
Syria--Politics and government--2000-
Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.
909.097492708312 / ACH