Violence and Representation in the Arab Uprisings

Providing a longue duree perspective on the Arab uprisings of 2011, Benoit Challand narrates the transformation of citizenship in the Arab Middle East, from a condition of latent citizenship in the colonial and post-independence era to the revolutionary dynamics that stimulated democratic participation. Considering the parallel histories of citizenship in Yemen and Tunisia, Challand develops innovative theories of violence and representation that view cultural representations as calls for a decentralized political order and democratic accountability over the security forces. He argues that a new collective imaginary emerged in 2011 when the people represented itself as the only legitimate power able to decide when violence ought to be used to protect all citizens from corrupt power. Shedding light upon uprisings in Yemen and Tunisia, but also elsewhere in the Middle East, this book offers deeper insights into conceptions of violence, representation, and democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Benoit Challand, Benoît Challand
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2023
• EAN: 9781108748261
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74826-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Print on demand; The Global Middle East
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Geopolitics, Yemen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Political structures: democracy, Revolutionary groups & movements, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Tunisia, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Revolutionary groups and movements