| Description |
ix, 215 pages ; 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Islam and politics -- Turkey.
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Turkey -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
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Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1980-
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| ISBN |
1859734723 |
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1859734774 paperback £14.99 |
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