Description
Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive research conducted on the pan-Arab TV station al-Mayadeen an important representative of the post-2011 generation of Arab satellite news media. Likewise, it is an investigation of a growing political trend and ideological discourse in the Arab world, which the book identifies as The New Regressive Left. The book sheds light on overlooked parts of the Arab population, which neither identified with the vision of the young activists initiating the uprisings, nor with the ambition of the growing Islamist tendency that followed. Rather it voices a grouping of Shia Muslims, religious minorities, parts of the Arab Left, secular cultural producers, and supports of the resistance movements brought together by their shared fear of the future.
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“This book is an original analysis of media practices and representations of the past as they play out on the television station al-Mayadeen. By coining the term The New Regressive Left, Crone offers a new framework for exploring the ideological space between authoritarian politics and revolutionary nostalgia in which part of the contemporary Left in the Middle East operates.”—Sune Haugbolle, Professor of Global Studies, Roskilde University
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements – Transliteration and Translation – Introduction – Exploring Ideoscapes Surrounding The New Regressive Left – Exploring Mediascapes Surrounding al-Mayadeen – The Creation of an Icon: The Case of Jamila Bouhired – Celebrating the Muqawama through Words, Images and Songs: The Case of Palestine – Re-launching Iltizam through Leftist Cultural Figures: The Case of the Cultural Talk Show Bayt al-Qasid – Walking a Tightrope: The Role of Religion – The Re-launch of Third Worldism: The Voice of the Global South and the Cooperation with TeleSUR – Conclusion – Bibliography – Index.
