Myriam Ahmed reviews "Breaking intersubjectivity: a critical theory of counter-revolutionary trauma in Egypt" by Vivienne Matthies-Boon
News from Jul 25, 2023
In "Contemporary Political Theory" Myriam Ahmed reviews "Breaking intersubjectivity: a critical theory of counter-revolutionary trauma in Egypt" by Vivienne Matthies-Boon which was published in 2023.
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.