The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture: Amāra and the 2011 Revolution

  • Ayman A. El-Desouky
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Intellectuals, Representation, Connective Agency

    1. Introduction: Intellectuals, Representation, Connective Agency
      Ayman A. El-Desouky
      Pages 1-16

  3. The Intellectual and the Quest for Amāra

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 17-17
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    2. Amāra: Concept, Cultural Practice and Aesthetic
      Ayman A. El-Desouky
      Pages 18-45
    3. Signature or Cartouche? Dilemmas of the Egyptian Intellectual
      Ayman A. El-Desouky
      Pages 46-66

  4. The People and the Amāra of Connective Agency

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 67-67
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    2. The People Already Know: Positionality of the Intellectual, Connective Agency and Cultural Memory
      Ayman A. El-Desouky
      Pages 68-90
    3. The Amāra on the Square: Some Reflections Post 25 January 2011
      Ayman A. El-Desouky
      Pages 91-110
    4. Postscript: Ihnā al-maṣriyyīn and al-sha‘b: The Untranslatabilities of Conceptual Languages
      Ayman A. El-Desouky
      Pages 111-126
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 127-142
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About this book

Introduction

The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture uses the notion of am?ra – the Egyptian concept of collective and connective agency – to explore the relationship between the Egyptian intellectual and 'the people' in contemporary Egyptian literature and culture.

Keywords

Egyptian Revolution Intellectual People Am?ra Egyptian Literature Populism Social Movements Resistance Aesthetics Politics Cultural Memory culture memory revolution

Authors and affiliations

  • Ayman A. El-Desouky
    • 1
  1. 1.SOASUniversity of LondonUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137392442
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Pivot, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Political Science Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-48333-4
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-39244-2
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