Description
Book SynopsisIn the first two decades after WWII, social scientist heralded Turkey as an exemplar of a 'modernizing' nation in the Western mold. This book examines the Turkish experiment with modernity from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the fields of history, the social sciences, the humanities, architecture, and urban planning.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Sibel Bozdogan and Resat Kasaba
Kemalist Certainties and Modern Ambiguities, Resat Kasaba
Whither the Project of Modernity? Turkey in the 1990s, Caglar Keyder
Modernization Policies and Islamist Politics in Turkey, Haldun Gulalp
Projects as Methodology: Some Thoughts on Modern Turkish Social Science, Serif Mardin
The Quest for the Islamic Self within the Context of Modernity, Nilufer Gole
The Project of Modernity and Women in Turkey, Yesim Arat
Gendering the Modern: On Missing Dimensions in the Study of Turkish Modernity, Deniz Kandiyoti
The Predicament of Modernism in Turkish Architectural Culture: An Overview, Sibel Bozdoga
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Once There Was, Once There wasn't: National Monuments and Interpersonal Exchange, Michael E. Meeker
Silent Interruptions: Urban Encounters with Rural Turkey, Gulsum Baydar Nalbantoglu
Arabesk Culture: A Case of Modernization and Popular Identity, Ernest Gellner
The Turkish Option in Comparative Perspective, Roger Owen
Modernizing Projects in Middle Eastern Perspective, Joel S. Migdal
Finding the Meeting Ground of Fact and Fiction: Some Reflections on Turkish Modernization, Joel S. Migdal
List of Contributors
Index
