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Comparing the 1956 Suez Canal nationalization and the 2011 Revolution in Egypt as two moments of instrumentalization of dignity

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In the context of increased institutionalization of human rights, it is important to gather a bigger understanding of nebulous concepts such as human dignity

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Dignity is a core understanding of human identity and has the ability of both unite and divide people

Zaynab El Bernoussi
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane

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This page is a summary of: The postcolonial politics of dignity: From the 1956 Suez nationalization to the 2011 Revolution in Egypt, International Sociology, July 2014, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0268580914537848.
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