The volume focusses on the interdisciplinary analysis of the Arab uprisings 2011/2012 and their significance for the respective societies. It offers a wide range of considerations covering different subjects from economy and politics, religion, art and culture to law and philosophy. This volume continues previous research, however, focuses on issues that hitherto received little attention. In addition to an original look at individual countries, the volume also offers comparative analyzes and descriptions of socio-cultural ...
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The volume focusses on the interdisciplinary analysis of the Arab uprisings 2011/2012 and their significance for the respective societies. It offers a wide range of considerations covering different subjects from economy and politics, religion, art and culture to law and philosophy. This volume continues previous research, however, focuses on issues that hitherto received little attention. In addition to an original look at individual countries, the volume also offers comparative analyzes and descriptions of socio-cultural impact beyond politics. In addition, the volume contains contributions that attempt to contextualize the events from an overarching perspective historically, theoretically, but also critically. Common to all contributions is their more or less direct engagement with the eminent question of which (and whose) hopes by the Arab Spring have been met and what expectations are still outstanding.
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