Secular state and religious society : two forces in play in Turkey / edited by Berna Turam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turam, Berna.

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and state--Turkey.

Islam and state.

Turkey.

Secularism--Turkey.

Secularism.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 224 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2011]

Summary:

Based on a conference held in Amherst, Mass. and Hampshire College.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Secular State and Pious Muslims: Neither Rivals nor Allies for Life. Berna Turam

1. The Dynamic Nature of Educational Policies and Turkish Nation-Building: Where does Religion Fit in? / Yesim Bayar

2. Islam, Nation-State, and the Military: A Discussion of Secularism in Turkey / Sinem Gurbey

3. Secularists as the Saviors of Islam: Rearticulation of secularism and the freedom of conscience in Turkey (1950) / Umut Azak

4. Does Secularism Face a Serious Threat in Turkey? / Metin Heper

5. Christian and Turkish: Secularist Fears of a Converted Nation / Esra Ozyurek

6. Market Oriented Post-Islamism in Turkey / Tugrul Keskin

7. Conflict, Democratic Reform and Big Business: Factors Shaping the Economic Elite's Position for Change / Devrim Yavuz

8. Towards conceptual integration of religious actors in democracy and civil society / Aviad Rubin

Afterword / Murat Gunes Tezcur

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Based on a conference held in Amherst, Mass. and Hampshire College.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

0230338615

9780230338616

OCLC:

734002290

Publisher Number:

99946303468