1st Edition
Contemporary Kemalism From Universal Secular-Humanism to Extreme Turkish Nationalism
By Toni Alaranta
Copyright 2014
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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The nature and content of Kemalist ideology in Turkey during the last twenty years is analysed in this book. In order to place the current manifestations of this Turkish official modernising ideology in the two-part context of globalisation and the re-sacralisation of the world, Contemporary Kemalism scrutinises the texts of five prominent Kemalist intellectuals.
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Introduction 1 Outlining the Origins and Suggested Meanings of Kemalism 2 The Presuppositions of Contemporary Kemalism 4 The Kemalist Vision of the Ideal Socio-Political Order 5 Contemporary Kemalism and its Affinities: Social Democracy and Neo-Nationalism 6 the Morphology of Contemporary Kemalism 7 Contemporary Kemalism, Contemporary World
Biography
Toni Alaranta received his Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of Helsinki. Currently a research fellow at the University of Tallinn, his main field of interest is Turkish political history. Previous publications include, Kemalism, enlightenment and legitimacy: the reproduction of secularist-national ideology in Turkey, 1930–1980 (2011).
The book is a welcome contribution to the study of ideology, political debates in Turkey, nationalism, and secularism. With its depth and critical narrative, it would be of interest to general or specialized readers who want to understand the foundations and impact of Kemalist ideology. - S. Tepe, University of Illinois at Chicago
