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- Title
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: A Gramscian re-examination.
- Authors
Mirshak, Nadim
- Abstract
Regarded as Egypt's most influential oppositional force, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was analysed from a Gramscian lens that projected it as a counterhegemonic force par excellence. Its all-sufficient Islam, cohesive organisational structure and ability to wage a war of position were considered to represent parallels to Gramsci's revolutionary methodology. This article contests this narrative by focusing on the MB's inability to deal with state coercion, its intellectual inertia and failure in governance, and its passive revolutionary and neoliberal tendencies. Against the backdrop of resurgent authoritarianism and the MB's downfall, it has become imperative to rethink our dominant understandings of (counter)hegemony and resistance. The article concludes by arguing that the MB's failure to fundamentally challenge the hegemonic order and instigate social change should not deter other movements from continuing to do so. Instead, lessons from the MB's limitations must be heeded with Gramsci remaining key in aiding such endeavours.
- Subjects
EGYPT; JAMIYAT al-Ikhwan al-Muslimin (Egypt); SOCIAL order; SOCIAL change; ARAB Spring Uprisings, 2010-2012; HEGEMONY; ISLAM
- Publication
Current Sociology, 2023, Vol 71, Issue 3, p489
- ISSN
0011-3921
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00113921211039273