Houses Built on Sand: Violence, Sectarianism and Revolution in the Middle East

by Simon Mabon

Book Overview

The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge to sovereign power across the Middle East. Whilst popular movements resulted in the toppling of authoritarian rule in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, other regimes were able to withstand these pressures. This book questions why some regimes fell whilst others were able to survive.

Drawing on the work of political theorists such as Agamben and Arendt, Mabon explores the ways in which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152616034X
• ISBN13: 9781526160348
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"