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Revolution without Revolutionaries: The Paradox of the Arab Spring and Everyday Politics

Revolution without Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring

Asef Bayat

Revolution without Revolutionaries: The Paradox of the Arab Spring and Everyday Politics (Sources: Revolution without Revolutionaries: Reading the Arab Spring (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies… (Asef Bayat) 无革命者的革命：阿拉伯之春的悖论与日常政治 This book, through a comparison of traditional changes in the 1970s and the "Arab Spring" of 2011, deeply analyzes the fundamental shift in the nature of modern revolutions. Author Assef Bayat proposes the core observation of **"revolutions without revolutionaries," pointing out that while contemporary movements possess strong mobilization capabilities and public square politics**, they often lack a unified leadership core and a political program fully implemented by the state apparatus. The book explores in detail how neoliberalism constructs urban space and its implications. Furthermore, the author critically examines the role of Islamism in contemporary politics, arguing that its lack of clear socio-economic alternatives leads to a new kind of liberal dilemma when facing the logic of the global market. Overall, the book aims to reveal that due to gaps and fragmented organizational forms, contemporary uprisings often exhibit "vigorous movements but weak transformation and migration."