{"product_id":"revolution-squared-9781478025504","title":"Revolution Squared","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on historical analysis and his own participation in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, Atef Shahat Said examines how limited reformist demands and the failure of Egyptians to fully grasp their clout reduced the revolution's potential.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eRevolution Squared\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting book that presents a new and insightful framework for understanding the 2011 uprising in Egypt and its aftermath. Atef Shahat Said’s first-person narratives and astute sociological analysis offer a compelling perspective on the organization and \u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e of the revolutionary process. This is absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary uprisings, in Egypt and beyond.” -- Jessica Winegar, author of * Creative Reckonings: The Politics of Art and Culture in Contemporary Egypt *\u003cbr\u003e“Atef Shahat Said’s thoughtful book \u003ci\u003eRevolution Squared\u003c\/i\u003e examines the hopes and disappointments of Egypt’s pro-democracy activists, theorizing revolution and counterrevolution alongside the activists’ own attempts to understand how they succeeded so dramatically in 2011 and were defeated so decisively in 2013.” -- Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote on Transliteration  xii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xv\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Revolution as Lived Contingency  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Prelude to Revolutionary Possibilities: Tahrir and Political Protest in Egypt  31\u003cbr\u003e 2. Peak of Revolutionary Possibilities: Squared I: How the Revolution Was “Bound” within Tahrir  57\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sovereignty in the Street: Popular Committees, Revolutionary Ambivalence, and Unrealized Power  87\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Two Souls of the Egyptian Revolution: Democratic Demands, Radical Strikes  112\u003cbr\u003e 5. Waning Revolutionary Possibilities: Squared II: Counterrevolutionary Coercion and Elections without Democratization  147\u003cbr\u003e 6. Square Zero: The State, Counterrevolutionary Paranoia, and the Withdrawal of Activists  178\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Revolution as Experience  210\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Brief Timeline of the Egyptian Revolution, 2011–2018  227\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. A Note on Positionality  231\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. Notes on Methods, or How I Conducted Historical Ethnography of a Revolution  235\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4. Major Political Coalitions in Egypt, 2000–2010  251\u003cbr\u003e Notes  263\u003cbr\u003e References  289\u003cbr\u003e Index  325","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409018233175,"sku":"9781478025504","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478025504.jpg?v=1730505114","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revolution-squared-9781478025504","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}