Islam, Kurds and the Turkish Nation State - Brossura

Houston, Christopher

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1859734774 ISBN 13: 9781859734773

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2001

Riassunto

Can Islamism, as is often claimed, truly unite Muslim Turks and Kurds in a discourse that supersedes ethnicity? This is a volatile and exciting time for a country whose long history has been characterized by dramatic power play. Evolving out of two years of fieldwork in Istanbul, this book examines the fragmenting Islamist political movement in Turkey. As Turkey emerges from a repressive modernizing project, various political identities are emerging and competing for influence. The Islamist movement celebrates the failure of Western liberalism in Turkey and the return of politics based on Muslim ideals. However, this vision is threatened by Kurdish nationalism and the country's troubled past.Is Islamist multiculturalism even possible? The ethnic tensions surfacing in Turkey beg the question whether the Muslim Turks and Kurds can find common ground in religion. Houston argues that such unification depends fundamentally upon the flexibility of the rationale behind the Islamist movement's struggle.

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L'autore:

Dr. Christopher Houston Lecturer in Anthropology,University of Canterbury, New Zealand

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Book by Houston Christopher

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1859734774
• ISBN 13: 9781859734773
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 226