1st Edition

Islam, Kurds and the Turkish Nation State

By Christopher Houston Copyright 2001
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

Can Islamism, as is often claimed, truly unite Muslim Turks and Kurds in a discourse that supersedes ethnicity? This is a volatile and exciting time for a country whose long history has been characterized by dramatic power play. Evolving out of two years of fieldwork in Istanbul, this book examines the fragmenting Islamist political movement in Turkey. As Turkey emerges from a repressive... Read more

Part I Global Cities, National Projects, Local Identities 1 Localities in Kuzguncuk Suburban Sequestration and the Making of Alternative 2 Civilizing Islam and Uncivil Laicism 3 Islamist Populism, Social Distinction and Class 4 Carnival and the Staging of History 5 Part II Turkish Republicanism and its Islamist Interrogator 6 Practice and Narrative Ideal The Kurdish Problem: Assimilation as a Legislative 7 Profane Knowledge: Kurdish Diaspora in the Turkish 8 City Part III Islamist Politics and Ethnic Cleansing 9 Islamism Islamist Responses to the Kurdish Problem: Statist, 10 According to Islamist Discourse 11 A Plague on Both Your Houses! The Kurdish Problem 12 Allah Delights in Diversity: Kurdish Islamism on the Kurdish Question 13 Conclusion: Islamist

Biography

Dr. Christopher Houston Lecturer in Anthropology,University of Canterbury, New Zealand