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Rejecting the concept of PTSD, Matthies-Boon develops an alternate theory of trauma using the Egyptian revolution as a case. The testimonies of Cairene activists explain how multileveled traumatic status subordination inflicted on them destroyed the potentiality of revolutionary collective becoming, resulting in demoralized, depoliticized silence.

About the author

Vivienne Matthies-Boon is a Socrates Professor in Humanism, Europe and Global Justice and an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (the Netherlands). Rooted in critical theory, her work centres around a practical philosophy of (lived) political violence, particularly focusing on authoritarian repression, protest and violence in Egypt and the Middle East.

Product details

• Authors: Vivienne Matthies-Boon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2020
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781786610324
• ISBN: 978-1-78661-032-4
• Series: Radical Subjects in International Politics
• Subjects: Revolution, Trauma, Emotion, memory, Protest, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Egypt, Mental Health, Arab Spring, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Testimonial, Middle East, Critical Theory, Politics & government, Social Justice, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Nancy Fraser, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Critical Psychology, Muslim Brotherhood, Political trauma, Egyptian Revolution, Jurgen Habermas, counter revolution, Political Grievances