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The ‘Arab Spring’ and the city
‘Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa, das Gespenst des Kommunismus’ (‘A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of communism’): thus Marx and Engels captured the zeitgeist at the turn of the 20th century, beckoning in the process revolutionary changes and brighter tomorrows for Europe's working class. Today, it is as if those very words were being revived—adapted by numerous observers to fit the current socio-political processes in the Arab world. This time around, it's the Arab elite being haunted and the spectre is that of democracy. However, is such a depiction remotely accurate?
The ‘Arab Spring’ and the city
‘Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa, das Gespenst des Kommunismus’ (‘A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of communism’): thus Marx and Engels captured the zeitgeist at the turn of the 20th century, beckoning in the process revolutionary changes and brighter tomorrows for Europe's working class. Today, it is as if those very words were being revived—adapted by numerous observers to fit the current socio-political processes in the Arab world. This time around, it's the Arab elite being haunted and the spectre is that of democracy. However, is such a depiction remotely accurate?
The ‘Arab Spring’ and the city
Lopes de Souza, Marcelo (Autor:in) / Lipietz, Barbara (Autor:in)
City ; 15 ; 618-624
01.12.2011
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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