Gauging National Metanarratives: The Arab Spring as a Case Study

• In Event: MENA: Methods and Meaning

Brief Overview

We discuss the potential contribution of metanarratives for comparative research and suggest a method for gauging them. We use the method to explore whether the Arab Spring signifies a turning point in the metanarratives of three Arab nations.

Authors

• Yael Rivka Kaplan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Shaul R Shenhav, Hebrew University of Jerusalem