Rethinking modernity and national identity in Turkey
By: edited by Sibel Bozdoğan and Reşat Kasaba.
Contributors: Bozdoğan, Sibel.; Kasaba, Reşat, 1954-
Series: Publications on the Near East; Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Social change -- Turkey.; Nationalism -- Turkey.; East and West.; Turkey -- Civilization -- 20th century.
Description: The essays in this book are the first attempt to examine the Turkish experiment with modernity from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the fields of history, the social sciences, the humanities, architecture, and urban planning. The contributors offer a fresh, balanced understanding of dilemmas now facing not only Turkey but also many other parts of the Middle East and the world at large.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.