Counter Revolutionary Egypt

Focusing on the 25 January 2011 Egyptian revolution, this book traces its affective and emotional dynamics into the local realties and everyday politics of the urban subaltern, exploring the impact of revolutionary participation on protestors' engagement in street politics.

Autorentext

Dina Wahba is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the division of Public Sphere and Inequalities at the Communication Science Department, University of Salzburg, Austria. She received her PhD from Freie Universität, Berlin, where she worked as a research associate in the DFG-funded project Affective Societies.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. An Affective Register of the Revolution 3. Moving out of the Square: From the Midan to the Neighbourhood 4. Unravelling 'The People' and the (Re)making of Terrorist and Baltagi 5. Conclusion