Contesting Pluralism(s)

von Nora Fisher-Onar

346 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat
• ISBN: 9781108972253
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.06.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press