An intellectual history of Turkish nationalism : between Turkish ethnicity and Islamic identity / Umut Uzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uzer, Umut, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Turkey--History.

Nationalism.

Politics and government.

History.

Turkey--Politics and government--20th century.

Turkey.

Turkey--Politics and government--21st century.

Islam and state--Turkey.

Islam and state.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 276 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2016]

Summary:

Turkish nationalism erupted onto the world stage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as Greeks, Armenians and other minority groups within the Ottoman Empire began to seek independence. Party in response to the rising nationalist voices of these groups, Turkish intellectuals began championing nationalist ideas in academic and popular books. Later associations disseminated the ideology and propaganda through journalist with the support of the Unionist and Kemalist governments. While analysis these original sources, UMUT UZer takes into account how political developments influenced Turkish nationalism. He tackles the question of how an ideology that began as a revolutionary, progressive, forward-looking ideal eventually transformed into one that is conservative, patriarchal, and nostalgic to the Ottoman and Islamic past. This is the first book in any language to comprehensively scope and engagement with primary sources, it aims to dissect the phenomenon in all its manifestations. Book jacket.

Contents:

The emergence of Turkish nationalism: from Ottomanism to Turkism

Two great minds: Yusuf Akçura and ziya Gökalp

Kemalist nationalism: "happy is the person who says i am a Turk"

Ethnic nationalism under the shadow of the Gray Wolf: racism and pan-Turkism

Conservative nationalism: the Turkish-Islamic synthesis or the Turkish-Islamic ideal?

Conclusion: the end of nationalism?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781607814658

160781465X

OCLC:

929331657