The transition of the self through the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya



Al-Abdin, Ahmed ORCID: 0000-0002-5818-5736, Dean, Dianne and Nicholson, John
(2016) The transition of the self through the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya. Journal of Business Research, 69 (1). 45 - 56.

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Abstract

This paper builds on Belk's notions of the extended, social, family and dialogic selves in an attempt to explore the transformation of the self during the Arab Spring phenomena. From the perspective of the respondents in Egypt and Libya, this paper provides a reading of how images of self are related to artifacts of consumption, rituals, and symbols and how consumer values are navigated through this difficult landscape. The paper uses a three phase history, happening, and hopes narratives to show that the self in a liminal period of flux is referent to history and hopes and proposes a notion of a transitional self that incorporates this observation of reference to past and future. In particular, the findings suggest that consumption, especially Western consumption can be transcendental during a liminal period of flux and that such revelatory incidents offer an opportunity to access the candid thoughts of consumers.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Self, Extended self, Consumption practices, Revolution, Middle East, Transitional self
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Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2015 09:13
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:38
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.07.019
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2022101