Freedom, Power and the Crisis of Politics in Revolutionary Yemen

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5773633
AutoresR Porter (0000-0002-6446-6227, University of Exeter, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen26
Número3
Páginas265-281
Fecha de publicación2017-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2017.1328875
OpenAlexW2620684149
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas11

In the study of revolutionary events, it is often assumed that 'political crisis' attests to the failure of revolutionary ideals. Accordingly, revolution is understood as the pursuit of political consensus and the institutionalization of freedom and equality at the level of the state. In contrast, this article describes how, during the recent revolution in Yemen, revolutionaries actively negated proposals for a 'political solution.' It explores how the desire to contain power within the imaginary of 'the people' and safeguard revolutionary freedom produced instead an ethical charter for perpetuating a crisis of politics. As such, it argues that revolution should be understood less in terms of a seamless teleology of political development and more according to the immediate ethics of living a revolutionary life

Institutionalisation · Political freedom · The Imaginary · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts