ISBN:
9781137565273
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 270 S
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
The modern Muslim world
DDC:
297.09561/09051
Keywords:
Islam 21st century
;
Islam 21st century
;
Islamic sociology
;
Religion 21st century
;
Türkei
;
Islam
;
Ethik
;
Moderne
Abstract:
"This book identifies a new Islamic form in Turkey at the turn of the century, Muslimism. Neither fundamentalism nor liberal religion, Muslimism engages modernity through Islamic categories and practices. Cevik draws implications of this new form for discussions of democracy and Islam in the region, for similar movements across religious traditions, and for social theory on religion"--
Abstract:
"This book identifies a new Islamic form in Turkey at the turn of the century, Muslimism. Neither fundamentalism nor liberal religion, Muslimism engages modernity through Islamic categories and practices. Cevik draws implications of this new form for discussions of democracy and Islam in the region, for similar movements across religious traditions, and for social theory on religion"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Turkey's Muslimists: from veil-chic women to a new political ethos -- From forbidden modern to guiltless modernity -- Muslimism versus Islamism -- Muslimist religious temperaments -- Muslimist cultural orientations and everyday life -- Muslimist political ethos.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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