Creative Radicalism in the Middle East
Culture and the Arab Left after the Uprisings
In the face of vicious oppression and years of authoritarian and neoliberal ideology, how did the Arab Left assert itself during the Arab Uprisings? In this bold new account, Caroline Rooney outlines the importance of aesthetic strategies and creative expression in the left's critique of authoritarian and Islamic extremist discourse during the revolutions. Using a wide array of texts and sources, both Arab and non-Arab, the book engages affect theory to show how a poetics of disappointment, despair and distrust, to dignity, solidarity and reconfigured senses of the sacred, offered a way for the left to reclaim ethical and progressive 'radical…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-83860-152-2
- EAN: 9781838601522
- Produktnummer: 32250230
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm
Über den Autor
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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