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Histories of Anthropology
This edited volume presents, for the first time, a history of anthropology regarding not only the well-known European and American traditions, but also lesser-known traditions, extending its scope beyond the Western world. It focuses on the results of these traditions in the present. Taking into account the distinction between empire-building and nation-building anthropology, introduced by G. Stocking and taken up by U. Hannerz, the book investigates different histories of anthropology, especially in ex-colonial and marginal contexts. It highlights how the hegemonic anthropologies have been accepted and assimilated in local contexts, which approaches have been privileged by institutions and ...
Tunisian Women's Writing in French
Tunisian women's literary production in French, published or set between the years 1987 and 2011 from Tunisia's second president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's rise to power to the eve of the Tunisian Revolution reveals the role of women, their political engagement, and their resistance to patriarchal oppression. A great deal of media and scholarly attention has focused on the role of women during the Tunisian Revolution itself, yet few studies have considered women's literary and active engagement prior to the uprising. By contrast, this book focuses specifically on the time period leading to the Revolution. The book is structured around three chapters, each focusing on a different form of writi...
La société morale
Cet ouvrage collectif construit à partir des conférences données dans le cadre du XXIe Congrès de l’AISLF privilégie deux entrées principales : d’abord, la manière dont les sciences sociales se saisissent de la question morale sous plusieurs angles ; ensuite, le rôle des analyses en termes d’économies morales. La troisième partie de l’ouvrage rend hommage à la sociologie de la Tunisie.
The New Arabs
"The renowned blogger and Middle East expert Juan Cole illuminates the role of today's Arab youth--who they are, what they want, and how they will affect world politics. Beginning in January 2011, the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests, riots, and civil wars that comprised what many call "the Arab Spring" shook the world. These upheavals were spearheaded by youth movements, and yet the crucial role they played is relatively unknown. Middle East expert Juan Cole is here to share their stories. For three decades, Cole has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. In The New Arabs he outlines the history that led to the dramatic change...
The Media in Arab Countries
In early research work on international communication, the countries of North Africa and the Middle East were seen as part of the “Third World”, and the media had to be at the service of development. However, this situation is changing due to the transnationalization and liberalization of the media. Indeed, since the 1990s, the entry of the South – and Arab countries in this case – into the “information society” has become the dominant creed, although the vision is still globalizing and marked by stereotypes. Representations of these societies are closely associated with international relations and geopolitics, characterized by tensions and conflicts. However, a force has come to disrupt the traditional rules of the game: Arab audiences. Digital media, the dissemination of which has been enabled by the implementation of the “information society”, empowers them to participate fully in a media confluence. This liberation from the discourse has two major consequences: the media and journalism sector has become more strategic than ever, and action toward development must be reinvented.
Youth at the Margins
The 2011 Arab uprisings led to a great proliferation of studies on the situations in the Arab countries of the Mediterranean, with particular attention given to their young people, whose role was particularly central. Eight years on, in-depth exploration is still needed of the conditions in which millions of (mainly young) people demanded change. In this context, this volume examines the state and diversity of the forms of socioeconomic, political and cultural marginalization facing the region's young men and women, as well as the strategies and routes of contestation by which they escape them. Through the interdisciplinary empiricism of this book, based on the results emerging from the SAHW...
L'exception tunisienne.
Coédition Karthala - IRMC Tunis. Le thème de l’exception tunisienne défie le temps. Il s’inscrit dans une longue tradition, sous la plume des auteurs les plus divers. Il a magnifié le projet de modernisation autoritaire de Bourguiba. Après avoir connu une relative éclipse durant les vingt-cinq années de dictature de Ben Ali, il fait de nouveau florès depuis le soulèvement populaire de 2011. Il a désormais pour principal référent, non plus le développement, mais la démocratisation. Aujourd’hui comme hier, l’exception tunisienne n’est qu’un mythe. Exception en quoi et par rapport à quoi ? La question, lorsqu’elle est posée, s’en tient à des ensembles improbable...
Les médias dans les pays arabes
Depuis la libéralisation du secteur médiatique il y a 30 ans, l’entrée dans la société de l’information des pays arabes est un fait communément admis. À côté de cette modernité apparente, les idées reçues sur les sociétés arabes persistent. Depuis les attentats de 2001, elles sont largement associées aux relations internationales marquées par des tensions et des conflits. La géopolitique des médias reflète ces frictions, en même temps qu’elle révèle les politiques d’influence des grandes puissances, auxquelles se sont joints depuis peu le Qatar ou l’Arabie Saoudite. Un acteur est cependant venu perturber les règles du jeu traditionnelles : les publics arabes, à qui les médias numériques permettent de participer pleinement à une confluence médiatique. L’ouvrage expose deux conséquences majeures de cette libération du discours : premièrement, le secteur des médias d’information et du journalisme devient plus stratégique que jamais, et deuxièmement, les actions en faveur du développement doivent se réinventer.
The Independence of the News Media
This book explores the different ways Francophone research on news media has faced the challenges of dependence and independence from three complementary perspectives. The first is economics - how can sustainable business models be developed and to what extent can crowdfunding help to maintain the financial and editorial independence of newsrooms? Secondly, in a time where the role of journalism in the public sphere is more questioned than ever, the authors evaluate to what extent news media can embody the needs of their readers. Thirdly, the authors consider the historical and political context of publication in the light of the ‘Arab Spring’. This book deals with major, contemporary evolutions of news media, bringing together research that considers the media in France, Canada, and the Arab region (notably Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt). Using numerous case studies, this book helps to define how complex the question of independence is today.
Historical Dictionary of the Arab Uprisings
The Arab uprisings that swept the Middle East and North Africa in the period from 2011- 2012 left an indelible mark on the socio-political landscape of the region. But that mark was not consistent across the region: while some countries underwent dramatic popular social and political changes, others teetered on the brink, or were left with the status quo intact. Street revolutions toppled despotic regimes in Tunisia, Libya, and momentarily in Egypt, while mounting serious challenges to authoritarian regimes in Syria and Yemen. Algeria’s entrenched bureaucratic-cum-military authoritarian system proved resilient until the recent events of early 2019 which forced the resignation of President ...
