ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book shows how, since the downfall of Mubarak, the 'unintentional' revolutionaries have been marginalized from the ensuing political process: at times co-opted, at others vilified, but usually outmanoeuvred by a well-entrenched political class experienced in playing the game. It provides a sober analysis of the experience of mobilization, activism and protest movements that has shaped the revolutionary subjects and of their ability to take the struggle to another level within a new phase of a long revolutionary process. The Egypt's long revolutionary process task is undertaken by investigating the historical lineage and the political economy of the uprising as well as the dynamics of the regional and international context in which it took place and the actors who shaped it. The book focuses on the inability of the millions who had challenged Mubarak's order to give rise to a counter-hegemonic project with a more radical, revolutionary agenda.
