Turkey, Islam, nationalism, and modernity - Carter V. Findley
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Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity reveals the historical dynamics propelling two centuries of Ottoman and Turkish history. As mounting threats to imperial survival necessitated dynamic responses, ethnolinguistic and religious identities inspired alternative strategies for engaging with modernity. A radical, secularizing current of change competed with a conservative, Islamically committed current. Crises sharpened the differentiation of the two currents, forcing choices between them. The radical current began with the formation of reformist governmental elites and expanded with the advent of “print capitalism,” symbolized by the privately owned, Ottoman-language newspapers. The radicals engineered the 1908 Young Turk revolution, ruled empire and republic until 1950, made secularism a lasting “belief system,” and still retain powerful positions. The conservative current gained impetus from three history-making Islamic renewal movements, those of Mevlana Halid, Said Nursi, and Fethullah Gülen. Powerful ...
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2010Uitgever: Yale University Press527 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300152604ISBN-13: 9780300152609Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Findley, Carter Vaughn] [Pagina's: 527] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Yale University Press] [Jaar: 2010] [Titel: Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity: A History, 1789-2007]
