Freedom, Power and the Crisis of Politics in Revolutionary Yemen

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5773633
AutoresR Porter (0000-0002-6446-6227, University of Exeter, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume26
Fascículo3
Páginas265-281
Data de publicação2017-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2017.1328875
OpenAlexW2620684149
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências 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