By writing Archeology of De-Democratization, as a young pre-doctoral scholar Rahima Seyit shows how to skillfully weave theoretical sophistication and attention to empirical details together to make a persuasive, powerful argument. In many ways, this extraordinary work serves as a model, especially for Seyit’s peers, to think alternatively about the pasts and futures of Egypt in particular and the subject of democracy, freedom and justice in general. Against the current gloom and despair, the fl ...