Age of the Efendiyya - Passages to Modernity in National-Colonial Egypt

In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of modern men emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction: The Saint's Lamp


• 2: Recognizing the Efendi


• 3: Hearts Full of Hope


• 4: Passages to Modernity


• 5: The New Mamluks


• 6: Conclusion: Returns


• Bibliography

About the author

Lucie Ryzova is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford. She is a cultural historian working on modern Egypt.

Summary

In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of "modern men" emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952.

Additional text

An outstanding accomplishment, original, illuminating, and thought provoking. The Age of the Efendiyya offers an entirely fresh reading on the rise, evolution, and formation of Egypt and the Middle East's modern middle class: the "new man/woman." Ryzova systematically and comprehensively explores the critical role of the Efendiyya in producing and propelling authentic, home-made modernity in society, culture, and politics. Exploiting impeccable archival, print, and visual sources, never before used, Ryzova is the first scholar to penetrate the mindset of the Efediyya, through its discourse, actions, and daily minutiae.

Product details

• Authors: Lucie Ryzova, Lucie (Senior Lecturer in Middle East History Ryzova, Ryzova Lucie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9780199681778
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968177-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Egypt, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Africa / North, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, African History