Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
Reihe: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
ISBN: 978-0-691-15517-3
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Turkey has leapt to international prominence as an economic and political powerhouse under its elected Muslim government, and is looked on by many as a model for other Muslim countries in the wake of the Arab Spring. This book reveals how Turkish national identity and the meanings of Islam and secularism have undergone radical changes in today's Turkey, and asks whether the Turkish model should be viewed as a success story or cautionary tale. Jenny White shows how Turkey's Muslim elites have mounted a powerful political and economic challenge to the country's secularists, developing an alternative definition of the nation based on a nostalgic revival of Turkey's Ottoman past. These Muslim nationalists have pushed aside the Republican ideal of a nation defined by purity of blood, language, and culture. They see no contradiction in pious Muslims running a secular state, and increasingly express their Muslim identity through participation in economic networks and a lifestyle of Islamic fashion and leisure. For many younger Turks, religious and national identities, like commodities, have become objects of choice and forms of personal expression. This provocative book traces how Muslim nationalists blur the line between the secular and the Islamic, supporting globalization and political liberalism, yet remaining mired in authoritarianism, intolerance, and cultural norms hostile to minorities and women.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Der Islam und die Moderne (Westliche) Welt
Weitere Infos & Material
Illustrations xi
Abbreviations xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Islam and the Nation 24
Chapter 3 The Republic of Fear 54
Chapter 4 The Missionary and the Headscarf 80
Chapter 5 No Mixing 102
Chapter 6 Sex and the Nation: Veiled Identity 136
Chapter 7 Choice and Community: The Girl with Blue Hair 163
Chapter 8 Conclusion 181
Notes 197
References 217
Index 229
