The Collective Dream

Egyptians Longing For A Better Life
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-35012-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book links two seminal moments in Egypt’s history – the Revolution of 25 January 2011 and the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser – through various cultural manifestations. It conceives the concept of “collective dreaming” to map out the subliminal feeling which runs deep through experiences of socially transformative moments. The author has extensively studied the structure of feelings that encompasses the experiences not only of activist minorities but the broader mass of revolutionary movements. In certain historical moments, hopes and aspirations bind together millions of people from all walks of life: students, workers, farmers, and middle-class professionals. Nagaty calls this phenomenon the “collective dream”, something which has been carried through generations of Egyptians. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of social movement studies, cultural studies and cultural sociology. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagaty, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction.- Conceptual Framework.- Part II. Getting Attached to the “Better Life”.- Attunement: “My Sweat is Sown into the Rocks”.- Temporality of Attachment: “Wipe it off and I Will Paint Again”.- Part III The Afterlife of Attachment.- “As If I Were Faithless”: Attachment to Attachment.- Is There a Life After the 25th of January?.- Conclusion.- Appendix 1 Timeline of Modern Egypt pre-2011.- Appendix 2 Timeline of Modern Egypt, 2011–today.

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Nagaty holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from the UCP, Lisbon and the University of Copenhagen, having previously been a researcher at the Library of Alexandria, Egypt.