The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism

The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism
ISBN-10
1780322267
ISBN-13
9781780322261
Series
The Arab Spring
Category
Political Science
Pages
238
Language
English
Published
2012-05-10
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd.
Author
Hamid Dabashi

Description

This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East. In this landmark book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings that have engulfed multiple countries and political climes from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen, were driven by a 'Delayed Defiance' - a point of rebellion against domestic tyranny and globalized disempowerment alike - that signifies no less than the end of Postcolonialism. Sketching a new geography of liberation, Dabashi shows how the Arab Spring has altered the geopolitics of the region so radically that we must begin re-imagining the 'the Middle East'. Ultimately, the 'permanent revolutionary mood' Dabashi brilliantly explains has the potential to liberate not only those societies already ignited, but many others through a universal geopolitics of hope.

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