Youth and revolution in the changing Middle East, 1908-2014 /

Though there is much discussion of the role of youth in recent upheavals in the Middle East, there are few serious analyses of just what that role has been. Haggai Erlich sheds important light on this topic, focusing on the activism of educated young people in creating revolutionary change and the p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Erlikh, Ḥagai
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., [2015]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Political aspects > Middle East > History.
Nationalism and education > Middle East > History.
Students > Political activity > Middle East > History.
Youth > Political activity > Middle East > History.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Education, Higher > Political aspects.
Nationalism and education.
Politics and government
Students > Political activity.
Youth > Political activity.
Middle East > Politics and government.
Middle East > History.
Moyen-Orient > Politique et gouvernement.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire.
Middle East.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of "youth" in the Middle East
  • The long nineteenth century: from higher education to national identities
  • The generation of 1919 and the spirit of the 1920s
  • The generation of Pan-Arabism
  • The education revolution and the return of Islam
  • The legacies of Islam in today's universities
  • The long road to the Arab Spring
  • The cases of Turkey and Iran
  • Whither the generation of 2011?

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