Secular Façade, Neoliberal Islamisation
Textbook Nationalism from Mubarak to Sisi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6306200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hania Sobhy (0000-0003-2986-1288, IREMAM Aix‐en‐Provence France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 805-824 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nations and Nationalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nana.12147 |
| OpenAlex | W2108250429 |
| Language | ES |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
Beneath the secular veneer of official rhetoric, nationally unified school textbooks provide a striking image of the Islamist message promoted to young people in Egypt. While distorting the struggles and complexity of Egyptian history and heritage, the textbooks construct patriotic devotion and a form of docile ‘neoliberal Islamism’ as the route to national renaissance. They present a notion of ideal citizenship where personal piety, charity and entrepreneurship are the proposed solutions to ‘Egypt's problems’. However, to actually relieve its ‘problems’, the regime has relied on religious associations for the provision of social services, depended on significant foreign assistance and periodically activated anti‐western nationalism. This article details textbook constructions of national identity and citizenship in the late Mubarak era and reflects on whether the 2011 uprising proves their failure in securing his legitimacy. It describes key changes since 2011 and explores whether the Sisi regime is offering alternative formulas of legitimation
Citizenship · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Media studies · National identity · Nationalism · Piety · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Theology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Religious Education and Schools
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |