The Alevis in Turkey and Europe - Elise Massicard

The Alevis in Turkey and Europe

Identity and Managing Territorial Diversity

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Buch | Hardcover
260 Seiten
2012
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-66796-8 (ISBN)
179,95 inkl. MwSt
This book examines the development of identity politics amongst the Alevis in Europe and Turkey, which simultaneously provided the movement access to different resources and challenged its unity of action.

While some argue that Aleviness is a religious phenomenon, and others claim it is a cultural or a political trend, this book analyzes the various strategies of claim-making and reconstructions of Aleviness as well as responses to the movement by various Turkish and German actors. Drawing on intensive fieldwork, Elise Massicard suggests that because of activists’ many different definitions of Aleviness, the movement is in this sense an "identity movement without an identity."

Elise Massicard is Director of OVIPOT and scientific resident at the Institut Francais des Etudes Anatoliennes in Istanbul.

Introduction 1. Complex historical trajectories Part 1: A polymorphous and divided movement 2. The emergence of the Alevist movement 3. A conflictual and fragmented movement 4. Conflicts over meaning 5. The role played by third parties Part 2: Difficulties in entrenching the movement in Turkey 6. The emergence and limits of identity politics in Turkey 7. Insurmountable difficulties in integrating the religious field 8. Difficulties in establishing a firm political footing 9. Culture as an outlet 10. How modes of action have evolved over time Part 3: The localisation of identity 11. Local identity factors 12. Alevism in Europe: shaping the movement from abroad Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.8.2012
Reihe/Serie Exeter Studies in Ethno Politics
Zusatzinfo 1 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 660 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Islam
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-415-66796-8 / 0415667968
ISBN-13 978-0-415-66796-8 / 9780415667968
Zustand Neuware
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