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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788191503321

Titolo

The neoliberal landscape and the rise of Islamist capital in Turkey / / edited by Nesecan Balkan, Erol M. Balkan, Ahmet F Öncü

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : berghahn, , 2015

©2014

ISBN

1-78533-527-8

1-78238-639-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Dislocations ; ; Volume 14

Disciplina

306.309561

Soggetti

Capitalism - Religious aspects - Islam

Neoliberalism - Turkey

Islam - Economic aspects - Turkey

Islam and politics - Turkey

Turkey Economic policy

Turkey Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Islamism: A Comparative-Historical Overview; Chapter 2 - Class, State, and Religion in Turkey; Chapter 3 - The Deep Fracture in  the Big Bourgeoisie of Turkey ; Chapter 4 - The Islamist Big Bourgeoisie in Turkey; Chapter 5 - Islamic Capital; Chapter 6 - Reproduction of the Islamic  Middle Class in Turkey; Chapter 7 - The Question of AKP Hegemony: Consent without Consensus; Chapter 8 - Globalization, Islamic Activism, and Passive Revolution in Turkey

Chapter 9 - The Laic-Islamist Schism in the Turkish Dominant Class and the MediaNotes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Islamist capital accumulation has split the Turkish bourgeoisie and polarized Turkish society into secular and religious social groupings, giving rise to conflicts between the state and political Islam. By providing a long-term historical perspective on Turkey's economy and its relationship to Islamism, this volume explores how Islamism as a



political ideology has been utilized by the conservative bourgeoisie in Turkey, and elsewhere, to establish hegemony over labor. The contributors analyze the relationship between neoliberalism and the political fortunes of the Islamist Justice and Develop