1. The Art of Presence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. The Art of Presence 1
6. PART 1. SOCIAL NONMOVEMENTS
7. 2. The Quiet Encroachment of the Ordinary 33
8. 3. The Poor and the Perpetual Pursuit of Life Chances 56
9. 4. Feminism of Everyday Life 86
10. 5. Reclaiming Youthfulness 106
11. 6. The Politics of Fun 129
12. PART 2. STREET POLITICS AND THE POLITICAL STREET
13. 7. Battlefield Tehran 153
14. 8. Streets of Revolution 175
15. 9. Does Radical Islam Have an Urban Ecology? 188
16. 10. Everyday Cosmopolitanism 202
17. 11. The “Arab Street” 226
18. PART 3. REVOLUTIONS
19. 12. Is There a Future for Islamic Revolutions? 241
20. 13. The Post- Islamist Refo-lutions 259
21. 14. The Green Revolt 284
22. 15. The Coming of a Post- Islamist Democracy 305
23. Notes 317
24. Index 369