الثورات العربية والاخفاق السوسيولوجي

Abstract

Anyone who follows Arab and Western media, academic, and political discourse cannot fail to notice the widespread popularity of the term "revolution" in light of the social and political transformations that many Arab countries have experienced. The spark was Tunisian, with a street vendor's suicide out of despair, hopelessness, and boredom from the authorities' police pursuit. This historic suicide was followed by a wave of massive and rapid demonstrations and protests whose crowds did not hesitate to demand the head of the regime leave. They got what they wanted, and overnight the Carthage Palace became a foothold for the revolutionaries. After overcoming the barrier of fear and silence, the contagion spread to the geographical and political center of the Arab world, where the raging youth movement quickly matured and developed, leading to the fall of one of the most powerful Arab political regimes, which had become a glaring example of totalitarianism and self-replication through formal democracies.