The modularity of the ‘revolutionary’ repertoire of action in Egypt

Origins and Appropriation by Different Players

Bibliographic Data

ID6220002
AuthorsC Steuer (0000-0001-9492-7162, Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume17
Issue1
Pages113-118
Publication date2018-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial movement studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-2829 • E-ISSN: 1474-2837
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14742837.2017.1377602
OpenAlexW2754530027
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

The Egyptian ‘revolutionary’ repertoire of action, that is to say the repertoire used by the protesters of January 2011, was characterized by a combination of several features: occupation of a symbolic place; ‘horizontal’ forms of organization; recourse to new electronic information and communication technologies (especially social networks); and rhetoric centered around universal values such as dignity, social justice, human rights, and democracy. This repertoire was born as a result of the merging of two parallel cycles of mobilization, which had actually started during the previous decade, one animated by activists from the educated middle class, and the other by workers struggling for economic and social reforms. After the fall of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, it demonstrated its extreme modularity, being appropriated by different players from all sections of the political spectrum, from the Salafist hāzimūn to proponents of the military power

Action (physics · Appropriation · Democracy · Dignity · Epistemology · Modularity (biology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Repertoire · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Political Conflict and Governance

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