The intellectual and the people in Egyptian literature and culture : Amara and the 2011 Revolution

Publication Data

• Title The intellectual and the people in Egyptian literature and culture : Amara and the 2011 Revolution
• Author Ayman Ahmed El-Desouky
• Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location Basingstoke
• Language English

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Intellectuals, Representation, Connective Agency

PART I: THE INTELLECTUAL AND THE QUEST FOR AMĀRA

1. Amāra: Concept, Cultural Practice and Aesthetic

2. Signature or Cartouche? Dilemmas of the Egyptian Intellectual

PART II: THE PEOPLE AND THE AMĀRA OF CONNECTIVE AGENCY

3. The People Already Know: Positionality of the Intellectual, Connective Agency and Cultural Memory

4. The Amāra on the Square: Some Reflections Post 25 January 2011

Postscript: Iḥnā al-maṣriyyīn and al-shaʿb: The Untranslatabilities of Conceptual Languages

Bibliography

Index

 

Topics

• Solidarity :: Political aspects :: Egypt
• Political sociology
• Egypt :: Intellectual life
• Egypt :: Politics and government :: 21st century
• Egypt

The intellectual and the people in Egyptian literature and culture : Amara and the 2011 Revolution by Ayman Ahmed El-Desouky. ISBN 9781137392442. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.