{"product_id":"the-reawakening-of-the-arab-world-challenge-and-change-in-the-aftermath-of-the-arab-spring-paperback","title":"The Reawakening of the Arab World: Challenge and Change in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamir Amin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to renowned Marxist economist Samir Amin, the recent Arab Spring uprisings comprise an integral part of a massive second awakening of the Global South. From the self-immolation in December 2010 of a Tunisian street vendor, to the consequent outcries in Cairo's Tahrir Square against poverty and corruption, to the ongoing upheavals across the Middle East and Northern Africa, the Arab world is shaping what may become of Western imperialism - an already tottering and overextended system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Reawakening of the Arab World examines the complex interplay of nations regarding the Arab Spring and its continuing, turbulent seasons. Beginning with Amin's compelling interpretation of the 2011 popular Arab explosions, the book is comprised of five chapters - including a new chapter analyzing U.S. geo-strategy. Amin sees the United States, in an increasingly multi-polar world, as a victim of overreach, caught in its own web of attempts to contain the challenge of China, while confronting the staying power of nations such as Syria and Iran. The growing, deeply-felt need of the Arab people for independent, popular democracy is the cause of their awakening, says Amin. It this awakening to democracy that the United States fears most, since real self-government by independent nations would necessarily mean the end of U.S. empire, and the economic liberalism that has kept it in place. The way forward for the Arab world, Amin argues, is to take on, not just Western imperialism, but also capitalism itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamir Amin\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Egypt in 1931 and received his Ph.D. in economics in Paris in 1957. He is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His numerous works include \u003cem\u003eThe Law of Worldwide Value\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEurocentrism: Second Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe World We Wish to See\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Liberal Virus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAccumulation on a World Scale\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eImperialism and Unequal Development\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800502403360,"sku":"9781583675977","price":41.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d333b2b2780a64b3c7d0c6891f602bda.webp?v=1780836948","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-reawakening-of-the-arab-world-challenge-and-change-in-the-aftermath-of-the-arab-spring-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}