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Table of contents(8 chapters)
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Introduction
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Genealogies of the Turkish Present
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Disciplines of Presence
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Islam and Liberal Publics
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'Silverstein makes important connections between the contemporary activities of a religious community and deeper notions of political liberalism in the Turkish republic today. His work makes profound claims about political philosophy and intellectual life among contemporary Turkish Muslim scholars ... This original research shatters the typical conceptual divide between Islam and secularism, so common in research on the subject. Instead, we learn of the profound historical foundations of these domains and how intellectuals in Turkey have managed these constructions from the late Ottoman period onward.' - New Perspectives on Turkey
"The book presents an immense array of information about religious structures, practices, and experiences in Turkish society, and as such, it is most recommended as a valuable reference for students of Islam in Turkey." - American Anthropologist
"Brian Silverstein's ambitious Islam and Modernity in Turkey synthesizes recent research on history and social theory to 'diagnose the Turkish present' in order to make sense of the rather peculiar place, compared with other Muslim-majority societies, that Islam occupies in modern Turkish society. . .a brilliant piece of lucid scholarship in its synthetic originality and sophisticated grasp of scholarly concepts that indeed illuminate the topic. It is most recommended for scholars and graduate students of the modern Middle East and in anthropology concerned with the productive place oftheory in social analysis and the provocative place of Turkey in today's world." - International Journal of Middle East Studies
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Islam and Modernity in Turkey
Authors: Brian Silverstein
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117037
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10982-7Published: 10 February 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29233-2Published: 10 February 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11703-7Published: 31 January 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 269
Topics: Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Islam