Book contents
- Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison
- LSE International Studies
- Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Daddy Issues
- 2 A Modern Empress
- 3 Aspirational Whiteness and Honorary Blackness
- 4 Veiled Agents
- 5 America’s Coy Lovers
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
5 - America’s Coy Lovers
Claiming Mysticism and Dialogue from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 September 2025
Book contents
- Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison
- LSE International Studies
- Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Daddy Issues
- 2 A Modern Empress
- 3 Aspirational Whiteness and Honorary Blackness
- 4 Veiled Agents
- 5 America’s Coy Lovers
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter follows the trajectory of an early Cold War ideal of a pro-American Islam that could serve US foreign policy goals. It asks how and why Islamic mysticism generally, and Sufism specifically, came to be seen as the West-friendly “moderate Islam.” What role did transculturation and comparativism between Türkiye and Iran under America’s global hegemony play in forming this common perception?
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- Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of ComparisonAmerica's Wife, America's Concubine, pp. 204 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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