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Zusatztext This superb book is a thorough study of two popular Sudanese revolutions in 1964 and 1985 that restored liberal democracy after the removal of entrenched military dictatorships…It is hoped that Civil Uprisings in Modern Sudan’s rediscovery of the dynamics of Sudan civil society comprising unionism, incessant imagining of the nation, civil disobedience, general strikes, youthful martyrs, songs of revolutionary passion, national debates of Islamism, Marxism, traditionalism, modernity, and secularism will retool the on-going efforts to bring peace to the country. Informationen zum Autor W. J. Berridge is Lecturer in History at Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of Civil Uprisings in Modern Sudan (2015). Klappentext This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. In the wake of the protests that toppled regimes across the Middle East in 2011, Sudanese activists and writers have proudly cited their very own 'Arab Springs' of 1964 and 1985, which overthrew the country's first two military regimes, as evidence of their role as political pioneers in the region. Whilst some of these claims may be exaggerated, Sudan was indeed unique in the region at the time in that it witnessed not one but two popular uprisings which successfully uprooted military authoritarianisms. Civil Uprisings in Modern Sudan provides the first scholarly book-length history of the 1964 and 1985 uprisings. It explores the uprisings themselves, their legacy and the contemporary relevance they hold in the context of the current political climate of the Middle East. The book also contends that the sort of politics espoused by various kinds of Islamist during the uprisings can be interpreted as a form of early 'post-Islamism', in which Islamist political agendas were seen to be compatible with liberalism and democracy. Using interviews, Arabic language sources and a wealth of archival material, this book is an important and original study that is of great significance for scholars of African and Middle Eastern political history. Vorwort The first scholarly historical investigation of Sudan’s two civilian uprisings of 1964 and 1985. Zusammenfassung This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. In the wake of the protests that toppled regimes across the Middle East in 2011, Sudanese activists and writers have proudly cited their very own ‘Arab Springs’ of 1964 and 1985, which overthrew the country’s first two military regimes, as evidence of their role as political pioneers in the region. Whilst some of these claims may be exaggerated, Sudan was indeed unique in the region at the time in that it witnessed not one but two popular uprisings which successfully uprooted military authoritarianisms. Civil Uprisings in Modern Sudan provides the first scholarly book-length history of the 1964 and 1985 uprisings. It explores the uprisings themselves, their legacy and the contemporary relevance they hold in the context of the current political climate of the Middle East. The book also contends that the sort of politics espoused by various kinds of Islamist during the uprisings can be interpreted as a form of early ‘post-Islamism’, in which Islamist political agendas were seen to be compatible with liberalism and democracy. Using interviews, Arabic language sources and a wealth of archival material, this book is an important and original study that is of great significance for scholars of African and Middle Eastern political history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The October Revolution: Interrogating the Causality of the 1964 Uprising 2. The April Intifada of 1985: Civilian Uprising or a Dictator's Self-Destruction? 3. The Participation of Sudan's Political Parties in the Two Uprisings ...
