| Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey Contributor(s): Bozdogan, Sibel (Editor), Kasaba, Resat (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0295975970 ISBN-13: 9780295975979 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: In the first two decades after World War II, social scientists heralded Turkey as an exemplar of a "modernizing" nation in the Western mold. Images of unveiled women working next to clean-shaven men, healthy children in school uniforms, and downtown Ankara's modern architecture all proclaimed the country's success. Although Turkey's modernization began in the late Ottoman era, the establishment of the secular nation-state by Kemal Atat)rk in 1923 marked the crystallization of an explicit, elite-driven "project of modernity" that took its inspiration exclusively from the West. The essays in this book are the first attempt to examine the Turkish experiment with modernity from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the fields of history, the social sciences, the humanities, architecture, and urban planning. As they examine both the Turkish project of modernity and its critics, the contributors offer a fresh, balanced understanding of dilemmas now facing not only Turkey but also many other parts of the Middle East and the world at large. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire |
| Dewey: 305.809 |
| LCCN: 96-51857 |
| Series: Publications on the Near East |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.97" W x 8.98" (0.81 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Turkey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the first two decades after W.W.II, social scientist heralded Turkey as an exemplar of a 'modernizing' nation in the Western mold. Images of unveiled women working next to clean-shaven men, healthy children in school uniforms, and downtown Ankara's modern architecture all proclaimed the country's success. Although Turkey's modernization began in the late Ottoman era, the establishment of the secular nation-state by Kemal Ataturk in 1923 marked the crystallization of an explicit, elite-driven 'project of modernity' that took its inspiration exclusively from the West. The essays in this book are the first attempt to examine the Turkish experiment with modernity from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the fields of history, the social sciences, the humanities, architecture, and urban planning. As they examine both the Turkish project of modernity and its critics, the contributors offer a fresh, balanced understanding of dilemmas now facing not only Turkey but also many other parts of the Middle East and the world at large. |
