Copts and the Security State – Violence, Coercion, and Sectarianism in Contempo…
Copts and the Security StateViolence, Coercion, and Sectarianism in Contemporary Egypt\nAuthor(s): Laure Guirguis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503600782, 978-1503600782\nSynopsis\nCopts and the Security State combines political, anthropological, and social history to analyze the practices of the Egyptian state and the political acts of the Egyptian Coptic minority. Laure Guirguis considers how the state, through its subjugation of Coptic citizens, reproduces a political order based on religious identity and difference. The leadership of the Coptic Church, in turn, has taken more political stances, thus foreclosing opportunities for secularization or common ground. In each instance, the underlying logics of authoritarianism and sectarianism articulate a fear of the Other, and, as Guirguis argues, are ultimately put to use to justify the expanding Egyptian security state.\n\n In outlining the d.
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