CONTENTS

1. Preface   ix
2. CHAPTER 1
3. The People Want
4. 1
5. CHAPTER 2
6. Tahrir and the Problem of Agency
7. 30
8. CHAPTER 3
9. Syria and the Question of Fault
10. 77
11. CHAPTER 4
12. The Islamic State as Utopia
13. 101
14. CHAPTER 5
15. Tunisia and Political Responsibility
16. 128
17. AFTERWORD
18. Catharsis?
19. 159
20. Acknowledgments   163
21. Notes   165
22. Index   181