Islam, Kurds and the Turkish nation state / Christopher Houston.
2001
KKX2488 .H68 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
Islam, Kurds and the Turkish nation state / Christopher Houston.
Imprint
Oxford : Berg, 2001.
Description
ix, 215 pages ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
1. Global Cities, National Projects, Local Identities
2. Suburban Sequestration and the Making of Alternative Localities in Kuzguncuk
3. Civilizing Islam and Uncivil Laicism
4. Islamist Populism, Social Distinction and Class
5. Carnival and the Staging of History
6. Turkish Republicanism and its Islamist Interrogator
7. The Kurdish Problem: Assimilation as a Legislative Practice and Narrative Ideal
8. Pofane Knowledge: Kurdish Diaspora in the Turkish City
9. Islamist Politics and Ethnic Cleansing
10. Islamist Responses to the Kurdish Problem: Statist Islamism
11. A Plague on Both Your Houses! The Kurdish Problem According to Islamist Discourse
12. Allah Delights in Diversity: Kurdish Islamism on the Kurdish Question
13. Conclusion: Islamist Politics and the Superseding of Ethnicity.
2. Suburban Sequestration and the Making of Alternative Localities in Kuzguncuk
3. Civilizing Islam and Uncivil Laicism
4. Islamist Populism, Social Distinction and Class
5. Carnival and the Staging of History
6. Turkish Republicanism and its Islamist Interrogator
7. The Kurdish Problem: Assimilation as a Legislative Practice and Narrative Ideal
8. Pofane Knowledge: Kurdish Diaspora in the Turkish City
9. Islamist Politics and Ethnic Cleansing
10. Islamist Responses to the Kurdish Problem: Statist Islamism
11. A Plague on Both Your Houses! The Kurdish Problem According to Islamist Discourse
12. Allah Delights in Diversity: Kurdish Islamism on the Kurdish Question
13. Conclusion: Islamist Politics and the Superseding of Ethnicity.
Summary
This study examines the fragmenting Islamist political movement in Turkey. The Islamist vision of a political culture based on Muslim ideals is threatened by Kurdish nationalism. This book asks whether religion can stop the ethnic tensions.
Note
This study examines the fragmenting Islamist political movement in Turkey. The Islamist vision of a political culture based on Muslim ideals is threatened by Kurdish nationalism. This book asks whether religion can stop the ethnic tensions.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Houston, Christopher. Islam, Kurds and the Turkish nation state. Oxford : Berg, 2001
Call Number
KKX2488 .H68 2001
Language
English
ISBN
1859734723
9781859734728
1859734774 (paperback)
9781859734773 (paperback)
9781859734728
1859734774 (paperback)
9781859734773 (paperback)
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