Contesting Pluralism(s) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108838702)

Contesting Pluralism(s) challenges a widespread tendency to limit studies of Turkish - and Muslim - politics to 'Islamist vs. secularist' or 'Islam vs. democracy' debates. Instead, Nora Fisher-Onar's innovative argument centers on coalitions for and against pluralism. Retelling Turkey's story from the late Ottoman Empire to the present as a tale of pluralizing vs. anti-pluralist coalitions, this book offers an alternative explanation for major outcomes from elections and coup d'etats to revolutions. Here, cross-camp alliances pit those who are willing to coexist with 'Other(s)' against those who champion a unitary, national project in which everyone speaks, believes, looks, and loves as they do. Drawing on a rich array of primary and secondary data, Fisher-Onar introduces an analytical framework for capturing causal complexity in political contestation. This study rejects Orientalist exceptionalism, rereading the relationship between political religion, pluralism, and populism via a framework that travels across and beyond the Muslim-majority world.

Author: Nora Fisher-Onar
ISBN-10: 1108838707
ISBN-13: 9781108838702
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2025
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d