Beschreibung:
This book identifies a new Islamic form in Turkey: Muslimism. Neither fundamentalism nor liberal religion, Muslimism engages modernity through Islamic categories and practices. This new form has implications for discussions of democracy and Islam in the region, similar movements across religious traditions, and social theory on religion.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Turkey's Muslimists: From Veil-Chic Women to a new political ethos1. From Forbidden Modern to Guiltless Modernity2. Muslimism versus Islamism3. Muslimist Religious Temperaments4. Muslimist Cultural Orientations and Everyday Life 5. Muslimist Political Ethos