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Deset let poté: Vědecký odkaz arabského jara
A Decade After: The Scientific Legacy of the Arab Spring

Author(s): Jaroslav Weinfurter
Subject(s): Culture and social structure , Geopolitics
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Arab Spring;interdisciplinarity;macropolitics vs. micropolitics;anthropological turn;social science;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to outline some of the key changes and advancements in social theory and research methodology that were triggered during the period of scientific self-reflection after the events of the so--called Arab Spring. The ongoing turn towards decidedly micropolitical and anthropological approaches has had a significant impact especially on macropolitical and universalist disciplines which, much like their regional counterparts, were largely caught off guard by the Middle Eastern developments from the turn of the last decade. These changes represent a very welcome corrective detour to the established trajectories of scientific development, especially so with regard to the existing and prolonged issues surrounding interdisciplinary research that have historically plagued the research in Middle Eastern politics and for which new possibilities of resolutions are hereby opened.

  • Issue Year: 56/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 75-106
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Czech
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