The Hedgehog Review
The Roots of the Arab Spring
Vol. 13, No. 3 (Fall 2011)
From the Editors
The Roots of the Arab Spring
Whither Political Islam and the “Arab Spring”?
Ahmed H. al-Rahim
Why the Middle East Is the Way It Is
Philip Carl Salzman
The Arab Spring and Failed Political Legitimacy
David Cook
“Our Revolution Is Civil”: An Interview with Asef Bayat on Revolt and Change in the Arab World
The Roots of the Arab Spring: A Bibliographic Review
Joseph E. Davis
BOOK FORUM: The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism by Daniel Bell
Connections Missed and Contradictions Unexplored
Wilfred M. McClay
The Cultural Harmonies of Capitalism
David T. Courtwright
The Disjunction of Realms: A Comment
Krishan Kumar
ESSAYS
The Supernatural and the Poetics of History
Monica Black
Beyond Tocqueville’s Telescope: The Personalized Brand and the Branded Self
Arlie Hochschild and Sarah B. Garrett
SHORT TAKES
Religious Freedom in the Arab World
The Hour-Glass Economy
Crime Is Falling
BOOK REVIEWS
Reviewed by Ashley Berner
E. Summerson Carr’s Scripting Addiction: The Politics of Therapeutic Talk and American Sobriety
Reviewed by John Steadman Rice
Orhan Pamuk’s The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
Reviewed by Justin Neuman
Ronald Dworkin’s Justice for Hedgehogs
Reviewed by Colin Bird
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