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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      19 December 2024
      02 January 2025
      ISBN:
      9781108976183
      9781108838702
      9781108972253
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976183
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 346 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.502kg, 345 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Middle East Studies, Islam, Area Studies, Religion, Politics and International Relations, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
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    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.

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    ‘‘Contesting Pluralism(s)’ fills a long-standing intellectual gap by offering a fresh and original approach that moves decisively beyond entrenched binaries. The book thus paves the way for future studies that analyze political change through shifting alignments among political actors across divergent ideological orientations.’

    Banu Eligür Source: Perspectives on Politics

    ‘Fisher-Onar’s work is significant for its ambitious attempt to develop a long durée theoretical framework for Turkish politics. By reinterpreting Mardin’s center-periphery thesis as a dynamic contest between pluralizers and anti-pluralists, the book opens a critical space for rethinking the formation and dissolution of coalitions across different historical eras. At a time when the complexities of pluralism and anti-pluralism continue to shape Turkey’s political landscape, the study not only maps past alignments but also invites future scholarship to further refine and expand the analytical framework, encouraging continued debate on pluralist and anti-pluralist dynamics within and beyond Turkey.’

    Özgenur Korlu Source: Turkish Studies

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