The reckoning of pluralism : political belonging and the demands of history in Turkey / Kabir Tambar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tambar, Kabir, author.

Series:

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nosairians--Turkey.

Nosairians.

Religious minorities--Turkey.

Religious minorities.

Religious pluralism--Political aspects--Turkey.

Religious pluralism.

Islamic sects--Turkey.

Islamic sects.

Islam and state--Turkey.

Islam and state.

Nationalism--Turkey.

Nationalism.

Secularism--Turkey.

Secularism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Turkish Republic was founded simultaneously on the ideal of universal citizenship and on acts of extraordinary exclusionary violence. Today, nearly a century later, the claims of minority communities and the politics of pluralism continue to ignite explosive debate. The Reckoning of Pluralism centers on the case of Turkey's Alevi community, a sizeable Muslim minority in a Sunni majority state. Alevis have seen their loyalty to the state questioned and experienced sectarian hostility, and yet their community is also championed by state ideologues as bearers of the nation's folkl

Contents:

In the time of pluralism

Disciplines of the parable

Anatolian modern

Incitements to visibility

Pedagogies of history

The morality of mourning.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804791182

080479118X

OCLC:

874321172