SUPPORT TO MY ARGUMENT: YES, THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES .
Jessica Villaseñor
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In this article from the BBC, the
author Roger Hardy points out the current contradictions in the Egyptian
society. He reviews the recent history in the country in order to understand
the feelings of the society and its "crisis of identity" as the
called it.
In contrast to Nabila Ramdani, the
author of the article I presented in the first annotation, this author shows
more understanding of the cultural implication when writing about the topic.
First, he mentions that the signals of modernity are undoubtedly present in
Egypt, such as telecommunications. He supports this idea after explaining the fragmentation of society into different groups with different solutions. Some of them had been trying to approach
to the West, others had done a reinterpretation of the Koran (the holy book of
Islam) “in the light of modern conditions”
(Hardy, 2002), but others had concluded that Islam has to fight and win
new battles. Therefore, with this previous explanation is it clear the author’s
point of view about the crisis of identity.
This article supports my argument
about the incongruence of the real Egyptian identity and the government they
had before the Revolution in 2011. He gives us as well a context of the struggle they live in the pursuit of their identity
trough a no bias explanation.
This article from The Guardian
written by Duncan Green seeks for the reasons of disconformities of Egyptian
people that may have led to the Revolution in
last year. He mentions
the demographic boom and insufficient employment, the raise
in food in food prices, the lack of democratization and the foreign policy. But for the purpose of my research I will focus only in this last one.
As Green (2011) says “the foreign
policy had …divorced from public opinion for many years” , he let us comprehend the disagreement between the voice of society, the
free media and the government that led to “the erosion of legitimacy”. Even though Egypt is an Arab country, it got far from
the rest of them, and its foreign policy didn´t support them is the
international scenario.
Since a Revolution is a large-scale
event, I cannot say that foreign policy and the delegitimization of the State
are the main causes for it. But for, sure, as the author says
is one of the causes.
Concept: Legitimacy
Lipset’s definition of Legitimacy involves
the belief that the exiting political institutions are the most appropriate one
for the society” and Easton’s definition is “the conviction on the part of the
member that it is right and proper…to accept and obey the authorities” (cited
in Stillman, 1974) help us to better understand
the political language used in the articles above.
References
-Green, D. (17 de february de 2011). What caused the Revolution in Egypt? The
Guardian.Retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/feb/17/what-caused-egyptian-revolution
-Hardy, R. (16 de july de 2002). Obtenido de BBC News.
-Stillman, P. (1974). The concept of Legitimacy. Polity,
32-56.Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3234268?seq=1
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