Recent Geopolitical Transformations in the Islamic World: the Arab Spring

Authors

  • Nizete Maria Bomfim, Licenciada Universidade Católica do Salvador, Brazil
  • Dante Severo-Giudice, Doctor Universidade Católica do Salvador, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.61-2.4

Keywords:

Arab Spring; geopolitical transformations; protest; totalitarian regimes; religious basis; theocratic democracies.

Abstract

This article aims to analyze recent geopolitical changes in the Islamic world, caused by the so-called Arab Spring, initiated in 2011 when a protest in Tunisia triggered a revolt in Islamic countries against totalitarian regimes, in the guise of theocratic democracies, and where repression was tonic, disguised as religion and supported by it, although there were no records on religious grounds to do so. This fact reinforces our thesis that the great mass of the people can be manipulated by the powerful through religion.

Author Biographies

Nizete Maria Bomfim, Licenciada, Universidade Católica do Salvador

Licenciada e Bacharel em Geografia pela UCSAL. Membro do Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Geografia Politica e Geopolitica.(GEPOGEO), Universidade Católica do Salvador (UCSAL). Email: nizete.bomfim@gmail.com

Dante Severo-Giudice, Doctor, Universidade Católica do Salvador

Prof. Dr. IFCH/UCSAL/Curso de Geografia, Coordenador do GEPOGEO/UCSAL, Prof. Colaborador da Pós-Graduação em Planejamento Territorial e Urbano da Universidade Católica do Salvador (UCSAL), Brasil. Email: dasegu@gmail.com

 

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Published

2018-07-29

How to Cite

Bomfim, N. M., & Severo-Giudice, D. (2018). Recent Geopolitical Transformations in the Islamic World: the Arab Spring. Geographical Journal of Central America, 2(61), 103-132. https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.61-2.4

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 61 (2018): Revista Geográfica de América Central No.61

Section

Theory, Epistemology, Methodology (Evaluated by peers)

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How to Cite

Bomfim, N. M., & Severo-Giudice, D. (2018). Recent Geopolitical Transformations in the Islamic World: the Arab Spring. Geographical Journal of Central America, 2(61), 103-132. https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.61-2.4

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