The reckoning of pluralism : political belonging and the demands of history in Turkey / / Kabir Tambar

• Autore: Tambar Kabir
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 322/.109561
• Soggetto topico: Nosairians - Turkey; Religious minorities - Turkey; Religious pluralism - Political aspects - Turkey; Islamic sects - Turkey; Islam and state - Turkey; Nationalism - Turkey; Secularism - Turkey
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: In the time of pluralism -- Disciplines of the parable -- Anatolian modern -- Incitements to visibility -- Pedagogies of history -- The morality of mourning.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Turkish Republic was founded simultaneously on the ideal of universal citizenship and on acts of extraordinary exclusionary violence. Today, nearly a century later, the claims of minority communities and the politics of pluralism continue to ignite explosive debate. The Reckoning of Pluralism centers on the case of Turkey's Alevi community, a sizeable Muslim minority in a Sunni majority state. Alevis have seen their loyalty to the state questioned and experienced sectarian hostility, and yet their community is also championed by state ideologues as bearers of the nation's folkl
• Titolo autorizzato: The reckoning of pluralism
• ISBN: 0-8047-9118-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787871503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.