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Informationen zum Autor Dalia Fahmy is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Long Island University. She lives in New Jersey. Daanish Faruqi is a PhD candidate in History at Duke University, North Carolina. Klappentext The liberatory sentiment that stoked the Arab Spring and saw the ousting of long-time Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak seems a distant memory. Democratically elected president Mohammad Morsi lasted only a year before he was forced from power to be replaced by precisely the kind of authoritarianism protestors had been railing against in January 2011. Paradoxically, this turn of events was encouraged by the same liberal activists and intelligentsia who'd pushed for progressive reform under Mubarak. This volume analyses how such a key contingent of Egyptian liberals came to develop outright illiberal tendencies. Interdisciplinary in scope, it brings together experts in Middle East studies, political science, philosophy, Islamic studies and law to address the failure of Egyptian liberalism in a holistic manner - from liberalism's relationship with the state, to its role in cultivating civil society, to the role of Islam and secularism in the cultivation of liberalism. A work of impeccable scholarly rigour, Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism reveals the contemporary ramifications of the state of liberalism in Egypt. Zusammenfassung A nuanced investigation into the state of liberalism in Egypt Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Egyptian liberals, from revolution to counterrevolution | Daanish Faruqi and Dalia F. Fahmy Introduction The genealogies of Egyptian liberalism Structure of the argument Conclusion: Is liberalism contradictory? SECTION I: LIBERALISM AND THE EGYPTIAN STATE 2 Egypt's structural illiberalism: How a weak party system undermines participatory politics | Dalia F. Fahmy The party system in Egypt Elections in Egypt and why they matter The parliament as a site of contestation Political parties after the revolution: A liberal possibility Participatory politics under SCAF and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood The 2015 parliament: The political consolidation of authoritarian rule Conclusion 3 Nasser's comrades and Sadat's brothers: Institutional legacies and the downfall of the Second Egyptian Republic | Hesham Sallam The failure of contingent consent Institutional legacies and the limitations of agency-centered narratives The origins of the political field Conclusion 4 (De)liberalizing judicial independence in Egypt | Sahar F. Aziz The three prongs of liberalism: Private, political, and legal liberty The liberal roots of Egypt's judiciary Incremental deliberalization in the Mubarak era A counterrevolution in the courts Conclusion SECTION II: LIBERALISM AND EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY 5 The authoritarian state's power over civil society | Ann M. Lesch The structures of authoritarianism The post-25 January military regime Mohammad Morsi's contradictory policies General Sisi's constriction of the public space The consolidation of authoritarian control 6 Myth or reality?: The discursive construction of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt | Mohamad Elmasry The Egyptian press system Disloyal to Egypt Anti-revolutionary Conclusion 7 Student political activism in democratizing Egypt | Abdel-Fattah Mady Introduction Emergence of Egypt's student movement Student activism under Nasser Student activism during Sadat's era Student activism during Mubarak's era Post-January 25, 2011 revolution Conclusion SECTION III...
