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Al-Ali Nadje Sadig |
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Titolo |
Secularism, gender, and the state in the Middle East : the Egyptian women's movement / / Nadje Al-Ali [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
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0-511-08424-2 |
1-107-12002-0 |
1-280-42963-1 |
0-511-17566-3 |
0-511-01873-8 |
0-511-15614-6 |
0-511-32910-5 |
0-511-48951-X |
0-511-05005-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Cambridge Middle East studies ; ; 14 |
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Feminism - Egypt |
Secularism - Egypt |
Islam and secularism - Egypt |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-252) and index. |
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; 1. Up against conceptual frameworks: post-orientalism, occidentalism and presentations of the self -- ; 2. Contextualizing the Egyptian women's movement -- ; 3. Self and generation: formative experiences of Egyptian women activists -- ; 4. Secularism: challenging neo-orientalism and 'his-stories' -- ; 5. From words to deeds: priorities and projects of contemporary activists -- ; 6. A mirror of political culture in Egypt: divisions and debates among women activists -- Conclusion: 'standing on shifting ground'. |
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A considerable literature has been devoted to the study of Islamic activism. By contrast, Nadje Al-Ali's book explores the anthropological and political significance of secular-oriented activism by focusing on the women's movement in Egypt. In so doing, it challenges |
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stereotypical images of Arab women as passive victims and demonstrates how they fight for their rights and confront conservative forces. Al-Ali's book also takes issue with prevailing constructions of 'the West' and its perceived dichotomous relation to 'the East'. The argument is constructed around interviews which afford fascinating insights into the history of the women's movement in Egypt, notions about secularism and how Islamist constituencies have impacted on women's activism generally. The balance between the empirical and conceptual material is adeptly handled. The author frames her work in the context of current theoretical debates in Middle Eastern and post-colonial scholarship: while some of the ideas are complex, her lucid style means they are always comprehensible; the book will therefore appeal to students, as well as to scholars in the field. |
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UNISA996588059803316 |
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Autore |
Breman Jan |
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Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism : A Postcolonial Chronicle of Dutch and Belgian Practice / / Jan Breman |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2024] |
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©2024 |
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1 online resource (432 p.) |
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HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Prologue: The Formative Impact of Childhood : Life Experiences in a Comparative Setting of Time and Space -- Part I Imperialism, Its Ideology and Practice of Racial Inequality -- 1 Colonialism and Racism -- 2 Alexis de Tocqueville on Class and Race -- Part II The Coolie Scandal on Sumatra's East Coast -- 3 Dutch Colonialism and Its Racist Impact -- 4 Coolie Labour and Colonial Capitalism in Asia -- 5 'A Crafty Lawyer of Shady Deals' -- Part |
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III Civilization and Racism -- 6 Primitive Racism in a Colonial Setting -- 7 Colonial Development -- 8 Early Whistle-blowers on Belgian Colonialism -- Part IV Political Advocacy of the Multinational State -- 9 The Colour Bar as the Crux of Colonial Rule -- 10 The Religious Fervour of Ethical Politics -- 11 The Capitalist Imperative of Colonialism -- 12 The Denial of Freedom and Its Impact on Indonesia's Early Statecraft -- Part V Development Aid as the Postcolonial Codex of Globalized Capitalism -- 13 Spreading Dutch Welfarism in the Global South -- 14 Development Aid Abandoned, Mission Achieved -- 15 W.F. Wertheim: A Sociological Chronicler of Revolutionary Change -- Epilogue: A World in Disorder -- Name Index |
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For a long time, Europe's colonizing powers justified their urge for expansion with the conviction that they were 'bringing civilization to territories where civilization was lacking.' This doctrine of white superiority and indigenous inferiority was accompanied by a boundless exploitation of local labor. Under colonial rule, the ideology that later became known as neoliberalism was free to subject labor to a capitalism tainted by racialized policies. This political economy has now become dominant in the Western world, too, and has reversed the trend towards equality. In Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism, Jan Breman shows how racial favoritism is no longer contained to 'faraway, indigenous peoples,' but has become a source of polarization within Western societies as well. |
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