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Copts and the security state : violence, coercion, and sectarianism in contemporary Egypt / Laure Guirguis

By: Language: English Series: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and culturesPublication details: Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2017.Description: xi, 239 pISBN:
  • 9780804798907
Uniform titles:
  • Coptes d'Egypte.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.119 32 Q7
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Contents:
Introduction -- Institutionalized violence and the identity-state -- Desire and loathing : purity as an embodiment of security? -- The many sides of the Coptic Church : space of resistance, state institution, ally of the regime -- Infra-communitarian dynamics and tensions -- Sectarianism, authoritarianism and the dynamics of fear -- Contesting sectarianism under Mubarak's rule -- Epilogue 2011-2015 : subversion and the restoration of identitarian dynamics.
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Books Books Mahatma Gandhi University Library General Stacks 323.119 32 Q7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 59210
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"Originally published in French in 2012 under the title Les coptes d'Egypte."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-226) and index.

Introduction -- Institutionalized violence and the identity-state -- Desire and loathing : purity as an embodiment of security? -- The many sides of the Coptic Church : space of resistance, state institution, ally of the regime -- Infra-communitarian dynamics and tensions -- Sectarianism, authoritarianism and the dynamics of fear -- Contesting sectarianism under Mubarak's rule -- Epilogue 2011-2015 : subversion and the restoration of identitarian dynamics.

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