Sadat and After : Struggles for Egypt's Political Soul by Raymond W. Baker (1990, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674784979
ISBN-139780674784970
eBay Product ID (ePID)1080155
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Book TitleSadat and after : Struggles for Egypt's Political Soul
Number of Pages392 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
TopicGeneral, World / Middle Eastern
GenrePolitical Science
AuthorRaymond W. Baker
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight25.6 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN89-026692
ReviewsRaymond Baker wanted to write a book that would describe current Egyptian politics from the eyes of the men and women who constitute Egypt's power bases...Raymond Baker's work is a must for Mid-East FAOs as it deals honestly with Egypt's internal politics. Being the largest population base in the Arab world and a leader in Arab and African Affairs this volume will dissect the pressures and influences in Egypt's political structure.
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal962.05/4
SynopsisMost analyses of Egyptian politics present the limitations and failures of official political life as the complete story of politics in Egypt. Raymond Baker's direct observation of Egyptian politics has convinced him that alternative political groups have sustained themselves and carved out spaces for promising political action despite official efforts at containment. In this compelling study, Baker recreates the public worlds of eight groups on the periphery of Egyptian politics. They range in their political stances from Communists to the Muslim Brothers and include shifting clusters of critical intellectuals who gather around influential journals or in research centers, as well as the quiescent aestheticists of the Wissa Wassef community. Taken together, the experiences of Egyptians in alternative groups reveal that Egyptians are more than the objects of diverse external pressures and more than the sufferers from multiple internal problems. They are also creative political actors who have stories to tell about the human potential to struggle for humane values and goals in the modern world. In examining Egypt from the margins rather than from the center, Baker proposes a new direction for Third World political studies. He suggests a way out of the impasse in the current development literature, which is fixed on a scientific study of causes and determinants, by focusing on actual political struggles and alternative political visions.
LC Classification NumberDT107.87.B35 1990
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