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Historical Development of the Conceptual Effendi Historical Development of the Conceptual Effendi
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From ‘Executors of Modernity’ to Makers of Modern Egypt From ‘Executors of Modernity’ to Makers of Modern Egypt
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The ‘New Citizens’ and the ‘Trouble-Makers’ The ‘New Citizens’ and the ‘Trouble-Makers’
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An Outside Perspective An Outside Perspective
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Reading the Effendi In the 1930s and 1940s Reading the Effendi In the 1930s and 1940s
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‘Effendification’: Avenues of Better Future ‘Effendification’: Avenues of Better Future
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Ambiguities of Modernity Ambiguities of Modernity
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An Effendi Career: From the Miri To the Uniform An Effendi Career: From the Miri To the Uniform
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Egyptianizing Modernity Egyptianizing Modernity
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Modernity Starts In theHara Modernity Starts In theHara
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The Generation of Young Men The Generation of Young Men
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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5 Egyptianizing Modernity through the ‘New Effendiya’: Social and Cultural Constructions of the Middle Class in Egypt under the Monarchy
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Published:August 2005
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Abstract
This chapter begins with the investigation of the 1930s–40s new effendiya phenomenon, often portrayed as a newly urbanized and educated middle class, with more traditional approaches to religion and cultural identity. Shedding empirical light on this rising group, this chapter demonstrates that while not an economic middle class, the new effendiya comprised an emerging public of educated young men from modest backgrounds, who viewed modernity through a Muslim and Arab lens. Just as important, however, they saw themselves as distinct from both the traditionalists and the westernized upper classes. In defining themselves in this way, they promoted new understandings of Egypt as a national community. Highlighting a specifically Egyptian modernity “from below,” this chapter puts into sharp relief the social foundations of post-revolutionary Egypt. It thus engages in a fruitful critical dialogue with other emergent literature of the past decade.
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