Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond (PDF)

By Nora Fisher-Onar 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.
Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 2, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1108838707
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1108838702