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Morbid symptoms : relapse in the Arab uprising /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Achcar, Gilbert (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
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.
Since 2000
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.