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Islam, Kurds and the Turkish nation state
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Islam, Kurds and the Turkish nation state

Author: Christopher Houston
Publisher: Oxford : Berg, 2001.
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This study, based on two years fieldwork in Istanbul, examines the fragmenting Islamist political movement in Turkey. The Islamist vision of a political culture based on Muslim ideals is threatened  Read more...

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Houston, Christopher.
Islam, Kurds and the Turkish nation state.
Oxford : Berg, 2001
(OCoLC)606536032
Online version:
Houston, Christopher.
Islam, Kurds and the Turkish nation state.
Oxford : Berg, 2001
(OCoLC)610275730
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher Houston
ISBN: 1859734723 9781859734728 1859734774 9781859734773
OCLC Number: 46504968
Description: ix, 215 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 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. Profane 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.
Responsibility: Christopher Houston.

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'As a study of those who conceive themselves to be most mis-recognized by the Turkish Republic, this book could not be more thoughtful or timely. Houston weaves together political analysis and Read more...

 
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