Creative Radicalism in the Middle East: Culture and the Arab Left after the Uprisings
Author:   Professor Caroline Rooney
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781838601164


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   09 July 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Professor Caroline Rooney
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9781838601164


ISBN 10:   1838601163
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   09 July 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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1. Introduction: From Radical Distrust to the Arab Avant-Garde. 2. Politics as Theatre in Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition. 3. Discourses of Authenticity and Poetic Good Faith: Algeria, Israel, and Syria. 4. From Hegemonic Interpellations to Revolutionary Signs, e.g. Egypt. 5. Chronic Disappointment and Humiliation in the Arab Novel. 6. Cults of Pride and the Cultural Expression of Right Wing Populism. 7. Karama or Why the Egyptian Revolution Was a Poem. 8. Figurations of the Sacred in Martyr Art and Equine Messianism.

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Caroline Rooney is Professor of African and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Kent. From 2009-2016, she held Global Uncertainties Fellowships (AHRC/ESRC) with research programmes that explore the differences between radicalism and extremism through the arts and popular culture. Her work engages with contemporary arts activism both critically and creatively, ranging from scholarly research to theatre production, filmmaking and the curating of exhibitions.

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