The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture: Am?ra and the 2011 Revolution

The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture uses the notion of am?ra - the Egyptian concept of collective and connective agency - to explore the relationship between the Egyptian intellectual and 'the people' in contemporary Egyptian literature and culture.

Author: Ayman A. El-Desouky
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: 11/14/2014
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781137392435

About the Author

Ayman A. El-Desouky is Senior Lecturer in Modern Arabic and Comparative Literature and Founding Chair of the Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS, 2009-2012) at SOAS, University of London, UK. He has lectured at the University of Texas at Austin (1993-1995), the Johns Hopkins University (1995-1996) and at Harvard University (1996-2002) before he moved to London. He is currently preparing a book-length study on Figuring the Sacred in the Modern Arabic Novel.

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