The Muslim Brotherhood
Evolution of an Islamist Movement - Updated Edition
- 424 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About This Book
How the Muslim Brotherhood rose to power in Egypt, and what it means for the Islamic world Following the Arab Spring, the Muslim Brotherhood achieved a level of influence previously unimaginable. Yet the implications of the Brotherhood's rise and dramatic fall for the future of democratic governance, peace, and stability in the region are disputed and remain open to debate. Drawing on more than one hundred in-depth interviews as well as Arabic-language sources never before accessed by Western researchers, Carrie Rosefsky Wickham traces the evolution of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from its founding in 1928 to the fall of Hosni Mubarak and the watershed elections of 2011-2012. Highlighting elements of movement continuity and change, Wickham demonstrates that shifts in Islamist worldviews, goals, and strategies are not the result of a single strand of cause and effect, and provides a systematic, fine-grained account of Islamist group evolution in Egypt and the wider Arab world.In a new afterword, Wickham discusses what has happened in Egypt since Muhammad Morsi was ousted and the Muslim Brotherhood fell from power.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Chapter One: Conceptualizing Islamist Movement Change
- Chapter Two: The Brotherhoodâs Early Years
- Chapter Three: The Brotherhoodâs Foray into Electoral Politics
- Chapter Four: The Wasat Party Initiative and the Brotherhoodâs Response
- Chapter Five: The Brotherhoodâs Seesaw between Self-Assertion and Self-Restraint
- Chapter Six: Repression and Retrenchment
- Chapter Seven: The Brotherhood and the Egyptian Uprising
- Chapter Eight: Egyptâs Islamist Movement in Comparative Perspective
- Chapter Nine: The Muslim Brotherhood in (Egyptâs) Transition
- Afterword to the Paperback Edition
- Notes
- List of Interviews
- Selected Bibliography
- Index