Salafism After the Arab Awakening: Contending with People's Power
Francesco Cavatorta and Fabio Merone
Abstract
The book analyzes in detail the ideological and organizational changes that occurred within the broader Salafi movement after the Arab uprisings. While scholarship had long recognized the divisions within Salafism, this volume looks at the ways in which the extraordinary events of the Arab uprisings have led to a profound rethink of such divisions. Focusing on the developments that have characterized Salafi movements across a number of Arab countries, the contributors to this volume underline changes and continuities in both ideology and political praxis. Popular participation in the uprisings ... More
The book analyzes in detail the ideological and organizational changes that occurred within the broader Salafi movement after the Arab uprisings. While scholarship had long recognized the divisions within Salafism, this volume looks at the ways in which the extraordinary events of the Arab uprisings have led to a profound rethink of such divisions. Focusing on the developments that have characterized Salafi movements across a number of Arab countries, the contributors to this volume underline changes and continuities in both ideology and political praxis. Popular participation in the uprisings forced Salafism to contend with the rise of people’s power and different movements chose different paths to respond to such challenges. In particular, the volume focuses on what can be termed increased politicization on the part of Salafis across the region as a response to the uprisings. While traditional Salafism shied away from institutional politics and organized forms of social and political participation, the uprisings saw the emergence of parties and movements willing to “sacrifice” tradition and engage with and through political institutions.
Keywords:
Salafism,
Arab uprisings,
Politicisation,
Jihadism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2017 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780190274993 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2017 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190274993.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Francesco Cavatorta, editor
Université Laval
Fabio Merone, editor
Dublin City University
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