| Description |
1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Encountering the Brothers -- A Public Secret -- Mosalsal -- Al-Mahzura -- Open Secrecy, Informality, and the State -- The Gama'a and Society -- The Debate -- The Purpose of This Book -- Investigating Open Secrecy -- The Local Offices of Brotherhood MPs -- Ethnography and the Evidential Paradigm -- The Role of the Researcher -- The Structure of the Study -- 1. (In)formal Politics -- The Brotherhood and the Local Road to Parliament -- Rebuilding an Undefined Organization -- Electoral Politics and Social Embedding -- The Brotherhood as an Informal Player -- The 2005 Elections: Knowing the Brothers -- Brotherhood Candidates: Non-professional Participants -- A Local Public-Work Elite -- Conclusion -- 2. Mobilizing Disinterestedness -- Statesmen, Businessmen, and Men of God? -- Patterns of Eligibility -- Serving Society and Serving God -- "A House Does Not Only Have Foundations" -- Producing Voters -- External Networks: The 'Izba Politics -- Conclusion -- 3. Banned MPs -- Dealing with the Tanzim -- Internal Positioning of the MPs -- Local Variations in MP Staff -- Dealing with the Everyday State -- Three Models of Negotiating Access to Resources -- Meeting Individual Requests: Mediation, Instruction, and Ascription -- Conclusion -- 4. The Politics of Goodness -- The Social Spread of the Gama'a: The Networks of Khayr -- Brotherhood Networks: Activist Groups and Extensions -- Semi-Brotherhood Networks: Local Partner Institutions -- Neighborhood Social Networks and Associated Personalities -- The Social Construction of Ethical Conduct -- Charity Days: Doing and Ways of Doing -- Conducts of the Exemplary Self -- Conclusion -- 5. The Double-edged Sword of Brotherhood |
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Becoming a Brother: The Embodiment of Ethical Conduct -- Methodological Remarks -- Shaping Orthopraxy: Islam, Tarbiyya, and Discipline -- Socializing the Brothers: The Centrality of Margins -- Locating the Ikhwani Self -- To Be or Not to Be Ikhwani-Is That the Question? -- Brothers and Others: When Tarbiyya Encourages Social Interaction -- When 'Good' Is Not 'Right': 'Us' vs. 'Them' -- The Emergence of Public Dissent: Listening to the Bloggers -- Ideological Defection and Emotional (Dis)affection -- The Ambivalence of Virtue -- Conclusion -- 6. Goodness in Dire Straits -- The Politics of Conflictual Consensus -- Authoritarian Co-production and Latent Conflict -- Mazlumin and Virtuous Neighbors: Activating Political Divisions -- Breaking Down and Falling Out: The Radicalization of Conflict -- Mansour, a Low-ranking Feloul in the Breakdown of Local Politics -- How Not to Get Out from Secrecy -- Exiles and Exits -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tresilian, David
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| ISBN |
9781649030238 |
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1649030231 |
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