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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Caroline RooneyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Weight: 0.396kg ISBN: 9781838601522ISBN 10: 183860152 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 09 July 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Radical Distrust to the Arab Avant-Garde. 1. Politics as Theatre in Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition 2. Discourses of Authenticity and Poetic Good Faith: Algeria, Israel, and Syria 3. From Hegemonic Interpellations to Revolutionary Signs or Amara 4. Chronic Disappointment, Humiliation and Pariah Elitism in the Arab Novel 5. Cults of Pride and Cultures of Right-Wing Populism 6. The Poetics of Karama or Why the Egyptian Revolution was a Poem 7. Figuring the Sacred in Martyr Art 8. Equine Messianism in Palestinian Literature and Art Conclusion: Adab and IqtibasReviewsIn Creative Radicalism in the Middle East, Caroline Rooney maps out a new generation of critical thinking and details the terms of the unfinished project of Arab Revolutions. She observed these revolutions closely, thought them through thoroughly, and then reflected upon their causes and consequences for a good period of critical meditation, and then just about the time when the world thought these revolutions were finished and done with she came out with this bold and brilliant opus. We all have to go back to the drawing board. -- Hamid Dabashi, HAGOP KEVORKIAN PROFESSOR OF IRANIAN STUDIES AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, USA 'At the core of the intellectual contribution of the volume is the thought of the revolutionary movement as itself a work of art, demanding an aesthetic approach beyond the tug and pull of valorised political and interpretative positions. A masterful example of what a genuinely engaged and committed humanist thought can achieve.' -- Ayman El-Desouky, Associate Professor of Modern Arabic and Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar In Creative Radicalism in the Middle East, Caroline Rooney maps out a new generation of critical thinking and details the terms of the unfinished project of Arab Revolutions. She observed these revolutions closely, thought them through thoroughly, and then reflected upon their causes and consequences for a good period of critical meditation, and then just about the time when the world thought these revolutions were finished and done with she came out with this bold and brilliant opus. We all have to go back to the drawing board. -- Hamid Dabashi, HAGOP KEVORKIAN PROFESSOR OF IRANIAN STUDIES AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, USA ‘At the core of the intellectual contribution of the volume is the thought of the revolutionary movement as itself a work of art, demanding an aesthetic approach beyond the tug and pull of valorised political and interpretative positions. A masterful example of what a genuinely engaged and committed humanist thought can achieve.’ -- Ayman El-Desouky, Associate Professor of Modern Arabic and Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar Author InformationCaroline 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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