A01=Roel Meijer
Ahmad Lutfi Al Sayyid
Ali Mahir
Arab nationalism
Author_Roel Meijer
Authoritarian Modernism
authoritarianism studies
Aziz Sidqi
Bandung Conference
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Category=JP
Category=NHH
Category=QDHR
Civil Society
Czech Arms Deal
economic planning Egypt
Egyptian Communist
Egyptian Communist Movement
Egyptian intellectual history
Egyptian society
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Etatist Planning
Grand Families
Industrial Bank
intellectual support for 1952 July Revolution
July Revolution
Land Reclamation
left-wing political thought
March Crisis
modernity
Muslim Brotherhood
National Bourgeoisie
National Committee
National Democratic Front
National Renaissance
Nationalist Movement
Political Parties
postcolonial political theory
Radical Nationalist Movement
Reformist Regime
secular liberal
Shubra Al Khayma
socialist modernisation
Suez Canal Crisis
Product details
- ISBN 9781138869875
- Weight: 530g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jun 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book analyses the political ideologies of the several highly influential liberal, socialist and communist thinkers, groups and movements which sought to modernize Egypt after World War II. Most of the representatives of these currents intended to transform Egyptian society completely through rapid industrialization, land reforms and economic planning, which would eliminate the peasantry, rationalize the economy and create a new Egyptian citizen who would live 'in accordance with the spirit of the age'. This study explains why and how most liberal and left-wing intellectuals eventually supported the authoritarian modernization programme of the July Revolution of 1952. It gives new insights into intellectual life during one of the most optimistic periods in Egyptian history, a time when Egypt was at the height of its power and believed a whole new future lay before it, uniting the Arab world and joining Asia and Africa in the common struggle for independence and dignity.
