Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution
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Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution
By (Author) Walter Armbrust
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
15th October 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
General and world history
962.056
Physical Properties
Hardback
344
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
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
Reviews
"Enriching book."---David Sultan, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs
"In Martyrs and Tricksters, Walter Armbrust contributes to the emerging literature introducing the trickster as a central actor in the political field through an ethnographic analysis of the rise of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to power in Egypt. Suggesting that political ambivalence can itself be a source of power and rejecting attempts to understand trickster figures through traditional models of hegemony-building, this book will be as useful to students of political sociology as it is to those of revolution, history and the ethnography of the Middle East."---Hesham Shafick, LSE Review of Books
Author Bio
Walter Armbrust is the Albert Hourani Fellow and associate professor in modern Middle Eastern studies at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Mass Culture and Modernism in Egypt.
