Date of Award
1-1-2019
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Sociology
Content Description
1 online resource (iii, 376 pages)
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Steven Seidman
Committee Members
Richard Lachmann, Ronald Jacobs
Keywords
Cultural Analysis, Narrative, Political Islam, Turkey, Islam and politics
Subject Categories
Sociology
Abstract
This study examines the shifting meaning of the ‘West’ within the Islamic discourse in Turkey from 1987 to 2005. In the last two decades, Turkish Islamists have renounced their longstanding anti-western rhetoric; adopted a language of democracy and human rights; and commenced to support Turkey’s membership bid in the European Union. The question of how to make sense of this dramatic transformation of Islamic political culture will frame the main discussion in this study. The proposed study argues that the existing academic and popular explanations of this transformation are inadequate in that they privilege instrumental models such as rational actor model and political opportunity structure at the expense of a strong cultural explanation.
Recommended Citation
Celenk, Ozgur, "The transformation of political Islam in Turkey : a cultural analysis of the Islamic narratives of the 'West'" (2019). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 2243.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/2243