Al-Abdin, Ahmed, Dean, Diane and Nicholson, John (2016) The transition of the self through the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya. Journal of Business Research, 69 (1). pp. 45-56. ISSN 0148-2963
Abstract

This paper builds on Belk's notions of the extended, social, family and dialogic selves in an attempt to explore the transformation of the self during the Arab Spring phenomena. From the perspective of the respondents in Egypt
and Libya, this paper provides a reading of how images of self are related to artifacts of consumption, rituals, and
symbols and how consumer values are navigated through this difficult landscape. The paper uses a three phase
history, happening, and hopes narratives to show that the self in a liminal period of flux is referent to history and
hopes and proposes a notion of a transitional self that incorporates this observation of reference to past and future. In particular, the findings suggest that consumption, especially Western consumption can be transcendental during a liminal period of flux and that such revelatory incidents offer an opportunity to access the candid thoughts of consumers.

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