From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan: The Making of a National Homeland in Turkey - Brossura

Ozkan, Behlul

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ISBN 10: 030017201X ISBN 13: 9780300172010

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2012

Riassunto

How does a people move from tribal and religiously based understandings of society to a concept of the modern nation-state? This book examines the complex and pivotal case of Turkey. Tracing the shifting valences of vatan (Arabic for “birthplace” or “homeland”) from the Ottoman period—when it signified a certain territorial integrity and imperial ideology—through its acquisition of religious undertones and its evolution alongside the concept of millet (nation), Behlül Özkan engages readers in the fascinating ontology of Turkey’s protean imagining of its nationhood and the construction of a modern national-territorial consciousness.

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L'autore:

Behlül Özkan teaches in the department of political science and international relations at Marmara University in Istanbul. He also works for Al Jazeera Network. He earned his doctoral degree from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

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Book by Ozkan Ozkan Behlul Behlul

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 030017201X
• ISBN 13: 9780300172010
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 272