Inside the Brotherhood

This is the first in-depth study of the relationship between the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and its own members. Drawing on years of participant observation, extensive interviews, previously inaccessible organizational documents, and dozens of memoirs and writings, the book provides an intimate portrayal of the recruitment and socialization of Brothers, the evolution of their intricate social networks, and the construction of the peculiar ideology that shapes their everyday practices. Kandil shows why attempts to compare the Brotherhood to secular social movements or typical forms of religiou.

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Epigraph; Introduction; Notes; 1: Cultivating the Brother; The Pedagogy of Praxis; Smothering the Flames of Discord; Snubbing Argumentative Sciences; Making Sense of Constructive Ambiguity; Notes; 2: Building the Brotherhood; A Brotherhood in God; A State of War; A Saintly Leadership; The Social Network; Notes; 3: Forging the Ideology; Theological History; The Power of Dreams; The Art of Producing Men; Inverting Sharia; Notes; 4: The Slow Rise and Rapid Fall from Power; On the Shoulders of Primary Schoolteachers; The Great Ordeal.

Learning to Live with AuthoritarianismNotes; Endgame: Divine Empowerment and its Discontents; 5: Islamism in Egypt and Beyond; Egyptian Dissidents: Reformers and Militants; Brothers on the Run: Palestine, Syria, Libya; Brothers under Monarchy: Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco; Brothers in Power: the Sudan; Islamists Sharing Power: Tunisia; Islamists at the Heart of the Fallen Caliphate; Shi'a Islamism; Notes; Conclusion: The End of Islamism?; Appendix: A Note on Theory and Method; Notes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Islamist Memoirs; Published Writings and Interviews; Unpublished Documents.

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