Arab Spring

This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East.<br/><br/>In this landmark book Hamid Dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings that have engulfed multiple countries and political climes from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen were driven by a 'Delayed Defiance' - a point of rebellion against domestic tyranny and globalized disempowerment alike - that signifies no less than the end of Postcolonialism. Sketching a new geography of liberation Dabashi shows how the Arab Spring has altered the geopolitics of the region so radically that we must begin re-imagining the 'the Middle East'.<br/><br/>Ultimately the 'permanent revolutionary mood' Dabashi brilliantly explains has the potential to liberate not only those societies already ignited but many others through a universal geopolitics of hope.