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Bleeding Hearts

From Passionate Activism to Violent Insurgency in Egypt

Abdallah Hendawy

Bleeding Hearts: From Passionate Activism to Violent Insurgency in Egypt examines the wave of violence that broke out in Egypt in the aftermath of the 2013 military takeover against the country’s first democratically elected president. Abdallah Hendawy sheds light on stories of several political activists who abandoned their commitment to nonviolence and took up arms against the state. Through multiple interviews, ethnographic observations, field work, and qualitative data analysis, Hendawy challenges the dominant theoretical paradigms on radicalization that often attribute this complex phenomenon to ideological or religious beliefs. Hendawy thoroughly examines the tumultuous events that followed the 2013 military takeover and the journey of several radicalized individuals. He demonstrates how and why select Egyptian activists turned to violent tactics in the course of their political engagement.

The book ultimately concludes that repressive political environments, particularly the systematic authoritarian practices by state security agencies against political activists, are largely responsible for radicalization. Abusive state practices traumatized the activists and created a litany of unsettled grievances without recourse, giving rise to a formidable desire for revenge against those who violated them – both individuals and the institutions they represent.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 146 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-7936-1304-2 • Hardback • October 2021 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-7936-1306-6 • Paperback • April 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
978-1-7936-1305-9 • eBook • October 2021 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Social Science / World / Middle East, Social Science / Social Movements, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Middle Eastern Studies

Abdallah Hendawy is affiliate faculty at George Mason University's Center for Social Science Research and teaches in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Conclusion

References

From January to February 2011, the world watched as a wave of peaceful, organized protests swept through Egypt, ending the nearly 30-year dictatorship of former President Hosni Mubarak. In Bleeding Hearts, Hendawy seeks answers to the question: why did some peaceful advocates of change switch tactics and later adopt violence? He eschews the terms terrorism and extremism because of their ambiguity and frequent misuse by Middle Eastern governments, preferring the simplicity of “violent insurgents” (p. 53), and offers ethnographic profiles of various insurgents who peacefully protested in 2011 but changed tactics by 2013. Hendawy argues that their radicalization was the result of government-sponsored torture, marked by its penchant for humiliation. As he elaborates, “the combination of trauma, guilt, anger, and despondency put these individuals in a trigger state … [that] comprised the perfect storm … to resolve unsettled grievances" (p. 77). Although the author's sample is relatively small, it is backed by more substantial secondary literature on radicalization and Egypt generally. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.


— Choice Reviews


In Egypt, during ‘Arab Spring’ 2011, pro-democracy activists committed to non-violent tactics filled Tahrir Square for the eighteen days that culminated in the overthrow of an autocratic president who had ruled the country for thirty years. How do we explain the sudden shift in allegiance among many of these very activists who subsequently joined the ranks of the violent movement against the state? In Bleeding Hearts, Abdallah Hendawy, a pro-democracy activist in Egypt at the time and since a trained sociologist and scholar, offers a most insightful and compelling explanation of this transformation. Based on his own fieldwork and engaging interviews with those who resorted to violence , there is no better introduction to this topic. Bleeding Hearts is essential reading for scholars, activists, policymakers, and anyone who wants to understand the fine line we all tread between democracy and autocracy.


— John Dale, George Mason University


Bleeding Hearts

From Passionate Activism to Violent Insurgency in Egypt

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  • Bleeding Hearts: From Passionate Activism to Violent Insurgency in Egypt examines the wave of violence that broke out in Egypt in the aftermath of the 2013 military takeover against the country’s first democratically elected president. Abdallah Hendawy sheds light on stories of several political activists who abandoned their commitment to nonviolence and took up arms against the state. Through multiple interviews, ethnographic observations, field work, and qualitative data analysis, Hendawy challenges the dominant theoretical paradigms on radicalization that often attribute this complex phenomenon to ideological or religious beliefs. Hendawy thoroughly examines the tumultuous events that followed the 2013 military takeover and the journey of several radicalized individuals. He demonstrates how and why select Egyptian activists turned to violent tactics in the course of their political engagement.

    The book ultimately concludes that repressive political environments, particularly the systematic authoritarian practices by state security agencies against political activists, are largely responsible for radicalization. Abusive state practices traumatized the activists and created a litany of unsettled grievances without recourse, giving rise to a formidable desire for revenge against those who violated them – both individuals and the institutions they represent.

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 146 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-7936-1304-2 • Hardback • October 2021 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
    978-1-7936-1306-6 • Paperback • April 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    978-1-7936-1305-9 • eBook • October 2021 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Social Science / World / Middle East, Social Science / Social Movements, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Middle Eastern Studies
Author
Author
  • Abdallah Hendawy is affiliate faculty at George Mason University's Center for Social Science Research and teaches in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Chapter One

    Chapter Two

    Chapter Three

    Conclusion

    References

Reviews
Reviews
  • From January to February 2011, the world watched as a wave of peaceful, organized protests swept through Egypt, ending the nearly 30-year dictatorship of former President Hosni Mubarak. In Bleeding Hearts, Hendawy seeks answers to the question: why did some peaceful advocates of change switch tactics and later adopt violence? He eschews the terms terrorism and extremism because of their ambiguity and frequent misuse by Middle Eastern governments, preferring the simplicity of “violent insurgents” (p. 53), and offers ethnographic profiles of various insurgents who peacefully protested in 2011 but changed tactics by 2013. Hendawy argues that their radicalization was the result of government-sponsored torture, marked by its penchant for humiliation. As he elaborates, “the combination of trauma, guilt, anger, and despondency put these individuals in a trigger state … [that] comprised the perfect storm … to resolve unsettled grievances" (p. 77). Although the author's sample is relatively small, it is backed by more substantial secondary literature on radicalization and Egypt generally. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.


    — Choice Reviews


    In Egypt, during ‘Arab Spring’ 2011, pro-democracy activists committed to non-violent tactics filled Tahrir Square for the eighteen days that culminated in the overthrow of an autocratic president who had ruled the country for thirty years. How do we explain the sudden shift in allegiance among many of these very activists who subsequently joined the ranks of the violent movement against the state? In Bleeding Hearts, Abdallah Hendawy, a pro-democracy activist in Egypt at the time and since a trained sociologist and scholar, offers a most insightful and compelling explanation of this transformation. Based on his own fieldwork and engaging interviews with those who resorted to violence , there is no better introduction to this topic. Bleeding Hearts is essential reading for scholars, activists, policymakers, and anyone who wants to understand the fine line we all tread between democracy and autocracy.


    — John Dale, George Mason University


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