Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East, Second EditionStanford University Press, 01/05/2013 - 392 من الصفحات Prior to 2011, popular imagination perceived the Muslim Middle East as unchanging and unchangeable, frozen in its own traditions and history. In Life as Politics, Asef Bayat argues that such presumptions fail to recognize the routine, yet important, ways in which ordinary people make meaningful change through everyday actions. First published just months before the Arab Spring swept across the region, this timely and prophetic book sheds light on the ongoing acts of protest, practice, and direct daily action. The second edition includes three new chapters on the Arab Spring and Iran's Green Movement and is fully updated to reflect recent events. At heart, the book remains a study of agency in times of constraint. In addition to ongoing protests, millions of people across the Middle East are effecting transformation through the discovery and creation of new social spaces within which to make their claims heard. This eye-opening book makes an important contribution to global debates over the meaning of social movements and the dynamics of social change. |
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... young Egyptians launching a peaceful campaign gives a taste of the severe restrictions against collective actors : July 23 , 2008. Under the scorching sun on a beach in Alexandria , Egypt , a few dozen political activists snap digital ...
... habitus— defending and extending the conditions that allow the young to as- sert their individuality, creativity, and lightness and free them from anxiety over the prospect of their future . Curbing and controlling 18 CHAPTER 1.
... young . Thus , in postrevolutionary Iran the young people forged a remarkable nonmovement to reclaim their youth habitus — in being treated as full citizens , in what to wear , what to listen to , and how to ap- pear in public , and in ...
... young appearing how they like , listening to what they wish , and hanging out where they prefer — all represent some core prac- tices of nonmovements in the Middle East and similar world areas . The critical and fourth point is that ...
... young identify their collective position by spontaneously recognizing similar fashions , hairstyles , and social tastes . For these groups , space clearly provides the possibility of mutual recognition ( Figure 1.5 ) —a factor that ...
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Part 1 Social NonMovements | 31 |
Part 2 Street Politics and the Political Street | 151 |
Part 3 Revolutions | 239 |
Notes | 317 |
Index | 369 |