CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Asmaa Yousuf |
|---|---|
| Title | Identity Salience and the Copts in the Salafist Discourse in post-2011 Egypt: Discourse-Historical Approach |
| Summary | The thesis aims to investigate the discursive practices pertaining to identity and identity salience and the extent to which these practices can turn minority identity into a threat to the majority’s identity/state identity. The main puzzle is why Copts could not enjoy full citizenship once the authoritarian regime fell; why have not violence and antagonism/othering against the Christian Copts in Egypt stopped after the revolution in February 2011? The thesis traces the manifestations of identity salience and threat to identity in the political discourse, particularly the discourse produced by the Islamist Salafist actors after the 25th of January revolution in 2011. The study argues that: 1- identity in Egypt has become a matter of security throughout the last hundred years, and 2- the identity question has been heightened after the 2011’s revolution, returning to the securitized status quo. |
| Supervisor | Professor Sata, Robert |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/yousuf_asmaa.pdf |
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