'A detailed and searching account of the Arab Spring'-
Malise Ruthven, New York Review of Books
'The most careful, insightful, and erudite study to date of the Arab uprising.'-Kevin Anderson (University of California, Santa Barbara), Marx and Philosophy Review of Books
'Achcar's precise and illuminating analyses contrast with the usual discourses on the Arab Spring.'-Henry Laurens (Collège de France), L'Orient Littéraire
'A thoughtful and acute analysis ... Jargon-free, clear, and a model of marrying theory to empirical material.'- Laleh Khalili (Queen Mary, University of London), Middle East in London
'[This book] extends an invitation to the reader to leave a hall of mirrors that often guides explanations of the uprisings ... historical events and conceptual constructs start to take a completely different shape.' - Maha Abdelrahman (University of Cambridge), Jadaliyya