This book provides systematic, integrated analyses of emergent social and cultural dynamics in the wake of the so-called Arab Spring, and looks closely at the narratives and experiences of a people as they confront crisis during a critical moment of transition. Providing an interdisciplinary approach to interconnections across regional and communal boundaries, this volume situates itself at the intersection of political science, cultural studies, media and film studies, and Middle Eastern studies, while offering some key critical revisions to dominant approaches in social and political theory. Through the unique contributions of each of its authors, this book will offer a much-needed addition to the study of Middle East politics and the Arab Spring. Moreover, although its specific focus is on the Arab context, its analysis will be of issues of significant relevance to a changing world order.

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Eid Mohamed** is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and US-Arab Cultural Politics at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and the University of Guelph, Canada. Dalia Fahmy **is Associate Professor of Political Science at Long Island University, USA.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Arab Spring: Modernity, Identity and Change, Dalia Fahmy, Long Island University & Eid Mohamed, Doha Institute

Part One: Rethinking Islamism and the State after the Arab Spring

Chapter 2: Whither Post-Islamism: Revisiting the Discourse/Movement After the Arab Spring, Motjaba Mahdavi, University of Alberta

Chapter 3: Islamists and Politics Today in Tunisia: The Foundation of a Democratic Islamic Party Possible? Mouldi Lahmar, Doha Institute.

Chapter 4: The 'Arab Spring' and the End of Turkish Democracy. Pierre Hecker, Universität Marburg Chapter 5: Re-examining Hasan al-Banna's Model of Da'wah in the Post Arab Spring Era. Khalidah Ali, University of Toronto

Part Two: People, Media, Power and the State: Civil Society in post-revolutionary states

Chapter 6: Democracy Promotion 2.0: Barack Obama and the 'Arab Spring' Conundrum, Aziz Douai, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Oshawa, ON Canada.

Chapter 7: The Struggle for Revolutionary Memory: Historiography and documentation of the January 25 Revolution, Abdou Moussa, The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

Chapter 8: Affective Encounters: Women, Hope, and Activism in Egypt. Nermin Allam, Rutgers University Chapter 9: On Samir Murqus, the Narrative of Crisis and the Triumph of Tahrir. Isaac Friesen, University of Waterloo

Chapter 10: Arab Spring and the issue of democracy: Where does Middle Eastern studies stand? Ahmed Abd Rabou, University of Denver

Part Three: Polarization, Transition and Justice in Post-Revolutionary States

Chapter 11: Seeking New Metaphors: Gender Identities in Tunisia and Lebanon. Arnaud Kurze, Montclair State University

Chapter 12: Unity Consensus Reconciliation: The Substance of Tunisia's Elite Compromise; An Analysis of Post-revolutionary Metaphors, Julius Dihstelhoff Philipps-Universität Marburg Chapter 13: Constructing Civic Space: Civil Resistance, Sustainable Citizen Empowerment, and Transitional Justice as Pathways of Change in Contemporary Arab Politics, Nathan Funk, University of Waterloo