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Title From 'dégage!' to 'dégagisme': the travel of the political thinking of the Arab uprisings between Tunisia and France
Full text https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/37980/1/From%20d%20gage%20to%20d%20gagisme%20the%20travel%20of%20the%20political%20thinking%20of%20the%20Arab%20uprisings%20between%20Tunisia%20and%20France.pdf
Date 2022
Author(s) Rigg, Joshua
Abstract The shout of the slogan 'dégage!' ' 'to clear', 'to release' ' was central to the language of the 2010-11 Tunisian revolution. In 2017, the word was appropriated and reinterpreted by the French presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and transformed into the political phenomenon of 'dégagisme'. In following the travel of dégage from Tunisia to France, this article demonstrates how the political thinking of the Arab uprisings intersects with spatio-historical differentiations and orderings. I argue that the meaning of dégage was made in the connections and constitutive differences between metropole and colony, West and non-West. As dégage rubbed against historical representations, it both worked to reinforce and contest such distinctions. In turn, such travel recapitulates our understanding of the Arab uprisings in the present, connecting struggles and presenting openings onto transnational solidarities.
Language en
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Relation https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/37980/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2022.2035058; 10.1080/14747731.2022.2035058
Type of publication Journal Article; PeerReviewed
Format text
Rights cc_by_4
Identifier Rigg, Joshua (2022) 'From 'dégage!' to 'dégagisme': the travel of the political thinking of the Arab uprisings between Tunisia and France.' Globalizations, 19 (7). pp. 1150-1164.
Repository London - SOAS, University of London
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