11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Notes on Contributors ix
6. Introduction: The Three Ages of Utopianism in the Modern Middle East and North Africa 1
7. Part I ASPIRATIONS OF THE LIBERAL AGE
8. 1 THE PERSIAN DREAMS: THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION AND FANTASISING OVER LOST AND ENVISAGED UTOPIAS 33
9. 2 EGYPT 3105 ce: SALAMA MUSA’S VIEWS ON UTOPIA 55
10. Part II VISIONS OF HIGH MODERNITY
11. 3 THE IDEA OF SECULARISM IN TRANSCENDENT TURKISH UTOPIAS 85
12. 4 THE CITY IS AN EDUCATOR: UTOPIANISM, URBANISM AND THE CREATION OF REPUBLICAN ANKARA 107
13. 5 ATOMIC UTOPIAS IN EGYPT: DECOLONISATION, TECHNONATIONALISM, AND POPULAR SCIENCE, 1945–50 129
14. Part III THE CITY OF GOD: ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES
15. 6 PARADISE ON EARTH: HOW THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BUILT A ‘VIRTUOUS CITY’ (MADINA FADILA) IN ‘ABD AL-NASIR’S PRISONS 151
16. 7 THE UTOPIAN CALIPHATE: WHAT DOES THE CALIPHATE MEAN FOR THE PEOPLE? 171
17. Part IV REVOLUTIONARY HORIZONS AND AUTHORITARIAN DREAMS AFTER THE RADICAL AGE
18. 8 PRACTISING UTOPIA – GOVERNING EFFECTS OF DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERALIST DISCOURSE IN NORTH AND EAST SYRIA 197
19. 9 DEMOCRACY IMAGINED FROM BELOW: AN ANALYSIS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY IMAGINARIES OF THE TUNISIAN UPRISINGS AFTER 2011 220
20. 10 BORROWING FACES, RE-ENACTING MODERNITY: ON A PHOTONOVEL BY FEHRAS PUBLISHING PRACTICES 244
21. 11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN 270
22. CONCLUSION: FROM UTOPIAN DREAMS TO PRAGMATIC ALTER-CITIZENSHIP AND LOW-KEY UTOPIAS? 293
23. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 301
24. INDEX 320