Islam's marriage with neoliberalism
Subtitle: state transformation in Turkey
By: Yıldız Atasoy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780230546806
Description: "The transformation of the Turkish state is examined here in the context of globalized frames of neo-liberal capitalism and contemporary schemas of Islamic politics. It shows how the historical emergence of two distinct yet intertwined imaginaries of state structuring, laiklik and Islam, continues to influence Turkish politics today"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Islam's marriage with neoliberalism; title: 2. The allure of the West; title: 3. Turkish Islam: unthinking Kemalism?; title: 4. Reconstituting the Sate: the Islamic framing of neoliberalism; title: 5. Kemalist State feminism and the Islamic dress code; title: 6. Politics without guarantees: the headscarf ban; title: 7. Headscarf madness: narratives of religious rights; title: 8. Conclusion.