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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Brecht De SmetPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780745335575ISBN 10: 0745335578 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 20 January 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction Part I: On the Subject of Revolution 2. From Bourgeois to Permanent Revolution 3. A Criterion for Interpretation 4. Caesarism Part II: Gramsci in Egypt 5. Passive Revolution and Imperialism 6. Lineages of Egyptian Caesarism 7. The 25 January Revolution 8. Revolution and Restoration 9. Conclusions Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsBrecht de Smet's Gramsci on Tahrir is a wide-ranging and innovative work that will be of invaluable use to scholars of the Middle East, revolution, and 'democratic transition' and the use of Gramscian political concepts in global political economy. -- Dr. Jamie Allinson, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Edinburgh, and Editor at 'Salvage' This book is an important contribution to debates which should concern us all as researchers and students of potential revolutionary transformation, of Egyptian politics and of Gramsci's political thought. It raises questions about the meaning and substance of revolution and the potentials and limits of Tahrir republic(s) everywhere. -- Dr. Maha Abdelrahman, Reader in Development Studies and Middle East Politics, University of Cambridge, and author of 'Egypt's Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings' (Routledge, 2014) This book is an important contribution to debates which should concern us all as researchers and students of potential revolutionary transformation, of Egyptian politics and of Gramsci's political thought. It raises questions about the meaning and substance of revolution and the potentials and limits of Tahrir republic(s) everywhere. -- Dr. Maha Abdelrahman, Reader in Development Studies and Middle East Politics, University of Cambridge, and author of 'Egypt's Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings' (Routledge, 2014) Author InformationBrecht De Smet is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University. Since 2008 he has been studying strike movements and political protests in Egypt from a Marxist perspective. De Smet is the author of several academic articles and opinion pieces about the workers' movement in Egypt. He is the author of Gramsci on Tahrir (Pluto, 2016) and A Dialectical Pedagogy of Revolt. Gramsci, Vygotsky, and the Egyptian Revolution (Brill, 2015). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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