The Politics of Secularism: Religion, Diversity, and Institutional Change in Fra

Description: The Politics of Secularism by Murat Akan Murat Akan reframes the question of secularism, exploring its presence both outside and inside Europe and offering a rich empirical account of how it moves across borders and through time. Akan uses France and Turkey to analyze comparative discussions of secularism, struggles for power, and historical contextual constraints. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Discussions of modernity-or alternative and multiple modernities-often hinge on the question of secularism, especially how it travels outside its original European context. Too often, attempts to answer this question either imagine a universal model derived from the history of Western Europe, which neglects the experience of much of the world, or emphasize a local, non-European context that limits the potential for comparison. In The Politics of Secularism, Murat Akan reframes the question of secularism, exploring its presence both outside and inside Europe and offering a rich empirical account of how it moves across borders and through time.Akan uses France and Turkey to analyze political actors comparative discussions of secularism, struggles for power, and historical contextual constraints at potential moments of institutional change. France and Turkey are critical sites of secularism: France exemplifies European political modernity, and Turkey has long been the model of secularism in a Muslim-majority country. Akan analyzes prominent debates in both countries on topics such as the visibility of the headscarf and other religious symbols, religion courses in the public school curriculum, and state salaries for clerics and imams. Akan lays out the institutional struggles between three distinct political currents-anti-clericalism, liberalism, and what he terms state-civil religionism-detailing the nuances of how political movements articulate the boundary between the secular and the religious. Disputing the prevalent idea that diversity is a new challenge to secularism and focusing on comparison itself as part of the politics of secularism, this book makes a major contribution to understanding secular politics and its limits. Author Biography Murat Akan is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bogazici University. He was a guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany in 2012-2013. Table of Contents Preface1. Traveling Through Analytical and Hermeneutical Approaches2. Accounting for Institutional Outcomes and Trajectories: Political Ends, Ideas, and Institutions3. The Institutional Politics of Laïcité in the French Third Republic4. The Politics of Laïcité Positive and Diversity in Contemporary France5. The Institutional Politics of Laiklik in Kemalist Turkey6. The Sincere Government (Samimi HÜkÜmet), the Institutional Politics of Religion, and Diversity in Contemporary TurkeyConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex Review Akan makes significant contributions to the study of religion and secularism, especially (but not only) in France and Turkey. It also offers deep archival engagement; with his native knowledge of Turkish and fluency in French, Akan makes an original contribution to Turkey-France comparisons. The Politics of Secularism is comparative history at its best. -- Cihan Tugal, University of California at Berkeley Murat Akan has given us an incredibly thorough account of how ideas about secularism have traveled between France and Turkey and how to relate these ideas to broader understandings of the relation between religion and society. His sophisticated theoretical approach is deeply informed by his empirical research. This book will clarify many misunderstanding in the comparative study of secularism and multiple modernities. It is a must read for scholars from a wide range of social sciences as well as for an informed public. -- Peter van der Veer, Author of the Value of Comparison Review Quote Murat Akans recent book is a significant contribution to this literature, particularly for his shift to consider the historical importance of state supported religious education and religious workers, most notably in the French and Turkish contexts. Details ISBN0231181809 Author Murat Akan Publisher Columbia University Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0231181809 ISBN-13 9780231181808 Format Hardcover Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle Religion, Diversity, and Institutional Change in France and Turkey Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 322.10944 Media Book Publication Date 2017-09-05 Pages 376 Series Religion, Culture, and Public Life Language English Translated from English Short Title The Politics of Secularism Series Number 41 UK Release Date 2017-09-05 AU Release Date 2017-09-05 NZ Release Date 2017-09-05 US Release Date 2017-09-05 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161836932;

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