Crisis and Class War in Egypt: Social Reproduction, Factional Realignments and the Global Political Economy

by Sean McMahon

Book Overview

In 2011, capital's crisis erupted in Egyptian society. This eruption, and subsequent politics, have been misrepresented as revolutionary, as the working class was - and is increasingly so - devalued and disempowered.

In Crisis and Class War in Egypt, Sean F. McMahon critically analyses Egypt's recent political history. He argues that the so-called 'revolution' was the appearance of capital's destruction of the value of the Egyptian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783605022
• ISBN13: 9781783605026
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"