Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism by Fahmy, Dalia -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Dedication Contents Acknowledgments 1. Egyptian liberals, from revolution to counterrevolution

Daanish Faruqi and Alia F. Fahmy

Introduction The Genealogies of Egyptian Liberalism Structure of the Argument Conclusion: Is Liberalism Contradictory? Notes

Section I: Liberalism and The Egyptian State

Dalia F. Fahmy

The Party System in Egypt Elections in Egypt and Why they Matter The Parliament as a Site of Contestation Political Parties After the Revolution: A Liberal Possibility Participatory Politics Under Scaf and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood The 2015 Parliament: The Political Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule Conclusion Notes

Hesham Sallam

The Failure of Contingent Consent Institutional Legacies and the Limitations of Agency-Centered Narratives The Origins of the Political Field Conclusion Notes

4. (De)liberalizing judicial independence in Egypt

Sahar F. Aziz

The Three Prongs of Liberalism: Private, Political, and Legal Liberty The Liberal Roots of Egypt's Judiciary Incremental Deliberalization in the Mubarak Era A Counterrevolution in the Courts Conclusion Notes

Section II: Liberalism and Egyptian Civil Society

5. The authoritarian state's power over civil society

Ann M. Lesch

The Structures of Authoritarianism The Post-25 January Military Regime Mohammad Morsi's Contradictory Policies General Sisi's Constriction of the Public Space The Consolidation of Authoritarian control Notes

6. Myth or reality?: The discursive construction of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Mohamad Elmasry

The Egyptian Press System Disloyal to Egypt Anti-Revolutionary Conclusion Notes

7. Student political activism in democratizing Egypt

Abdel-Fattah Mady

Introduction Emergence of Egypt's Student Movement Student Activism Under Nasser Student Activism During Sadat's Era Student Activism During Mubarak's Era Post-January 25, 2011 Revolution Conclusion Notes

Section III: Islam, Secularism, and the State

8. Egypt's secularized intelligentsia and the guardians of truth

Khaled Abou El Fadl

9. The truncated debate: Egyptian liberals, Islamists, and ideological statism

AHMED ABDEL MEGUID AND DAANISH FARUQI

Introduction Liberals and the State: Authoritarian Modernism Islamists and the State: The Modernist Paradox Conclusion: Post-Islamism and Post-Liberalism as Post-Statism Notes

Section IV: Egyptian Liberals in Comparative Perspective Post-2013

10. Conflict and reconciliation: "Arab liberalism" in Syria and Egypt

Emran El-Badawi

Introduction State Advocacy and the Beginnings of Arab Liberalism Activism and State Opposition: The Later Development of Arab Liberalism Egypt and Syria No More Silencing Liberal Activism in Egypt, CA. 1979–2013 Activists in Conflict and Artists in Reconciliation, Egypt, Ca. 2013– Temporary Reconciliation with Assad, Syrian Intellectuals, Ca. 1982–2012 Conflict, Exile and Civil War: Liberal Activism in Syria, Ca. 2000–12 Burhan Ghalioun and Gaber Asfour, Ca. 1990–2010 The Arab Uprisings, 2011 Ghalioun and the SNC, 2011–12 Asfour, The Ministry and Egypt's Return to Military Rule, 2011–14 Rabaa The Limits of Arab Liberalism Notes

11. Egypt's new liberal crisis

Joel Gordon

Heroes of the Revolution The Liberal Crisis Reconsidered Postscript: Five Years On

12. Egyptian liberals and their anti-democratic deceptions: A contemporary sad narrative

Amr Hamzawy

Conclusion: Does liberalism have a future in Egypt?

Emad El-Din Shahin

A Liberal Legacy New Beginnings

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