Popular Intellectuals and Social Movements
Framing Protest in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

'Popular intellectuals', who speak in the name of the popular classes to inspire collective action.

Michiel Baud (Edited by), Rosanne Rutten (Edited by)

9780521613484, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 31 January 2005

224 pages, 5 b/w illus.
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.368 kg

All forms of popular protest include a specific category of 'popular intellectuals', who reflect on social reality, speak in the name of popular classes and who articulate ideas that inspire collective action. This volume focuses on these individuals from an original angle: it looks at the experiences of popular intellectuals in non-western societies, who operate within social-movement networks that link local, regional, and international arenas, and connect to a global flow of ideas. Eight case studies on different societies in twentieth-century Asia, Africa, and Latin America highlight specific activist intellectuals and their role in collective action. They cover a wide terrain, including framing contests among Muslim activists and cultural brokerage in an ecological movement. The collection provides fresh insights into the cultural dynamics of social contention and widens the geographic scope of current debates on this theme.

Introduction Michiel Baud and Rosanne Rutten
Framing, Transnational Diffusion, and African-American Intellectuals in the Land of Gandhi Sean Chabot
Indigenous Communists and Urban Intellectuals in Cayambe, Ecuador (1926–1944) Marc Becker
Reforming Mysticism: Sindhi Separatist Intellectuals in Pakistan Oskar Verkaaik
Unemployed Intellectuals in the Sahara: The Teshumara Nationalist Movement and the Revolutions in Tuareg Society Baz Lecocq
Between Sovereignty and Culture: Who is an Indigenous Intellectual in Colombia? Joanne Rappaport
Critics and Experts, Activists and Academics: Intellectuals in the Fight for Social and Ecological Justice in the Narmada Valley, India Pablo S. Bose
Framing Jihad: Intramovement Framing Contests and al-Qaeda's Struggle for Sacred Authority Quintan Wiktorowicz
Popular Publics: Street Protest and Plaza Preachers in Caracas David Smilde
Concluding Remarks: Framing Protest in Asia, Africa, and Latin America Rosanne Rutten and Michiel Baud
Index.

Subject Areas: Information technology industries [KNTX], Economic history [KCZ], Sociology & anthropology [JH], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], General & world history [HBG]