Myriam Ahmed reviews "Breaking intersubjectivity: a critical theory of counter-revolutionary trauma in Egypt" by Vivienne Matthies-Boon
News vom 25.07.2023
In "Contemporary Political Theory" reviewt Myriam Ahmed das 2023 erschienene Buch "Breaking intersubjectivity: a critical theory of counter-revolutionary trauma in Egypt" von Vivienne Matthies-Boon.
What are the effects of counter-revolutions on the afterlives of activists? And how does trauma, or rather its strategic instrumentalization by authoritarian rulers, play into demobilization processes? These are some of the questions Breaking Intersubjectivity sets out to answer.