Hesham Shafick
I am a political sociologist interested in social epistemology, particularly in relation to violence. My PhD dissertation expanded on the concept of "innocence", as articulated in critical race studies, to explain the silence of Egyptian liberals on the Rabaa massacre. I am also interested in the politics of ignorance, silencing, unknowing, and epistemic distancing.
I previously taught at London School of Economics, Kings College London, and the British University in Egypt; and studied at University of London, University College London, Washington College, University of California, and the American University in Cairo.
Supervisors: Kimberly Hutchings, Engin Isin, Laleh Khalili, Omar Ashour, and Bryan Mabee
I previously taught at London School of Economics, Kings College London, and the British University in Egypt; and studied at University of London, University College London, Washington College, University of California, and the American University in Cairo.
Supervisors: Kimberly Hutchings, Engin Isin, Laleh Khalili, Omar Ashour, and Bryan Mabee
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resilience/fragility of the Egyptian regime. While the ‘regime
resilience’ thesis remains the most persistent, the fall of
Mubarak’s regime so easily in 2011 gave rise to theories tending
towards the other extreme of ‘regime fragility’, with the return of
authoritarian rule in 2013 bringing the issue of resilience back to
the fore. This article reviews two recent monographs that
transform this binary deadlock, Sara Salem’s Anticolonial afterlives
in Egypt and Amy Austin Holmes’ Coups and revolutions. These
works argue that the authoritarian regime of contemporary Egypt
is simultaneously fragile and resilient since it relies on financial
rather than political networks to consolidate its power. The lack
of a political base renders the regime fragile, while the financial
networks that it serves sustain its resilience. Viewed from this
perspective, the revolution of 2011 and the coup of 2013 are
reconceived as manifestations of the same financial politics that
constituted the historical bloc.
Book Reviews by Hesham Shafick
Online Journals by Hesham Shafick
resilience/fragility of the Egyptian regime. While the ‘regime
resilience’ thesis remains the most persistent, the fall of
Mubarak’s regime so easily in 2011 gave rise to theories tending
towards the other extreme of ‘regime fragility’, with the return of
authoritarian rule in 2013 bringing the issue of resilience back to
the fore. This article reviews two recent monographs that
transform this binary deadlock, Sara Salem’s Anticolonial afterlives
in Egypt and Amy Austin Holmes’ Coups and revolutions. These
works argue that the authoritarian regime of contemporary Egypt
is simultaneously fragile and resilient since it relies on financial
rather than political networks to consolidate its power. The lack
of a political base renders the regime fragile, while the financial
networks that it serves sustain its resilience. Viewed from this
perspective, the revolution of 2011 and the coup of 2013 are
reconceived as manifestations of the same financial politics that
constituted the historical bloc.