Christopher Houston

Islam, Kurds and the Turkish Nation State

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 135mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9781859734773
• ISBN-10: 1859734774
• Artikelnr.: 22308561

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Global Cities, National Projects, Local Identities 1 Localities in
Kuzguncuk Suburban Sequestration and the Making of Alternative 2
Civilizing Islam and Uncivil Laicism 3 Islamist Populism, Social
Distinction and Class 4 Carnival and the Staging of History 5 Part II
Turkish Republicanism and its Islamist Interrogator 6 Practice and
Narrative Ideal The Kurdish Problem: Assimilation as a Legislative 7
Profane Knowledge: Kurdish Diaspora in the Turkish 8 City Part III
Islamist Politics and Ethnic Cleansing 9 Islamism Islamist Responses to the
Kurdish Problem: Statist, 10 According to Islamist Discourse 11 A Plague on
Both Your Houses! The Kurdish Problem 12 Allah Delights in Diversity:
Kurdish Islamism on the Kurdish Question 13 Conclusion: Islamist