Islam and the politics of secularism
Subtitle: the Caliphate and Middle Eastern modernization in the early 20th century
By: Nurullah Ardiç
Series: SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East -- 16
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780415671668; 9780203137734
Subjects: Turkey; Politics and government; Islam and politics; Caliphate; Secularism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Islam and politics in the Middle East; title: Modernization and Islam in the Ottoman Empire; title: The Caliphate question: historical and discursive context; title: Secularization of politics and discourse in the Caliphal center (1908-1916); title: World War I, European colonialism and the Caliphate's periphery (1914-1920); title: Abolition of the Caliphate: religious justification of a secular reform (1919-1924); title: Islam and modernity: confrontation or accommodation?.