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Zusatztext 'At the core of the intellectual contribution of the volume is thethought of the revolutionary movement as itself a work of art!demanding an aesthetic approach beyond the tug and pull of valorisedpolitical and interpretative positions. A masterful example of what agenuinely engaged and committed humanist thought can achieve.' Informationen zum Autor Caroline Rooney is Professor of African and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Kent. From 2009-2016, she held Global Uncertainties Fellowships (AHRC/ESRC) with research programmes that explore the differences between radicalism and extremism through the arts and popular culture. Her work engages with contemporary arts activism both critically and creatively, ranging from scholarly research to theatre production, filmmaking and the curating of exhibitions. Klappentext In the face of vicious oppression and years of authoritarian and neoliberal ideology, how did the Arab Left assert itself during the Arab Uprisings? In this bold new account, Caroline Rooney outlines the importance of aesthetic strategies and creative expression in the left's critique of authoritarian and Islamic extremist discourse during the revolutions. Using a wide array of texts and sources, both Arab and non-Arab, the book engages affect theory to show how a poetics of disappointment, despair and distrust, to dignity, solidarity and reconfigured senses of the sacred, offered a way for the left to reclaim ethical and progressive 'radical' values co-opted by political leaders and extremists in the Middle East. In so doing, the book offers an original conceptual framework for differentiating 'radicalization' from the creative radicalism of the Arab avant-garde.Addresses why and how creative radicalism constitutes the crucial alternative to reactionary extremism in the context of the Arab uprisings through detailed analysis of the different linguistic and emotional formations of popular movements. Zusammenfassung In the face of vicious oppression and years of authoritarian and neoliberal ideology, how did the Arab Left assert itself during the Arab Uprisings? In this bold new account, Caroline Rooney outlines the importance of aesthetic strategies and creative expression in the left’s critique of authoritarian and Islamic extremist discourse during the revolutions. Using a wide array of texts and sources, both Arab and non-Arab, the book engages affect theory to show how a poetics of disappointment, despair and distrust, to dignity, solidarity and reconfigured senses of the sacred, offered a way for the left to reclaim ethical and progressive ‘radical’ values co-opted by political leaders and extremists in the Middle East. In so doing, the book offers an original conceptual framework for differentiating ‘radicalization’ from the creative radicalism of the Arab avant-garde. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: From Radical Distrust to the Arab Avant-Garde.1. Politics as Theatre in Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition2. Discourses of Authenticity and Poetic Good Faith: Algeria, Israel, and Syria3. From Hegemonic Interpellations to Revolutionary Signs or Amara 4. Chronic Disappointment, Humiliation and Pariah Elitism in the Arab Novel5. Cults of Pride and Cultures of Right-Wing Populism6. The Poetics of Karama or Why the Egyptian Revolution was a Poem7. Figuring the Sacred in Martyr Art8. Equine Messianism in Palestinian Literature and ArtConclusion: Adab and Iqtibas ...
