Popular Intellectuals and Social Movements: Framing Protest in Asia, Africa, and Latin America (International Review of Social History Supplements (No. 12))

All forms of popular protest include a specific category of 'popular intellectual' who reflects social reality. This volume looks at the experiences of popular intellectuals in non-western societies, operating 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. All forms of popular protest include a 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. 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 insight in the cultural dynamics of social contention and widens the geographic scope of current debates on this theme. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 2 Contents......Page 4 List of Contributors......Page 5 Introduction......Page 6 Framing, Transnational Diffusion, and African-American Intellectuals in the Land of Gandhi......Page 24 Indigenous Communists and Urban Intellectuals in Cayambe, Ecuador (1926--1944)......Page 46 Reforming Mysticism: Sindhi Separatist Intellectuals in Pakistan......Page 70 Unemployed Intellectuals in the Sahara: The Teshumara Nationalist Movement and the Revolutions in Tuareg Society......Page 92 Between Sovereignty and Culture: Who is an Indigenous Intellectual in Colombia?......Page 116 Critics and Experts, Activists and Academics: Intellectuals in the Fight for Social and Ecological Justice in the Narmada Valley, India......Page 138 Framing Jihad: Intramovement Framing Contests and al-Qaeda's Struggle for Sacred Authority......Page 164 Popular Publics: Street Protest and Plaza Preachers in Caracas......Page 184 Concluding Remarks: Framing Protest in Asia, Africa, and Latin America......Page 202 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 revolution in Tuareg society / Baz Lecocq Between sovereignty and culture : who is an indigenous intellectual in Colombia? / Joanne Rappaport Critics and exports, 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. 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 "All forms of popular protest include a 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 insight in the cultural dynamics of social contention and widens the geographic scope of current debates on this theme."--Jacket Focuses on'popular intellectuals', who reflect on social reality and speak in the name of the popular classes to inspire collective action. It looks at experiences in non-western societies of those operating within social-movement networks linking local, regional, and international arenas, connecting to a global flow of ideas.