Structure and function in Turkish society: Essays on religion, politics and social change.
Language: English
Published by Isis, Istanbul, 2006
- Softcover
- New

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Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 256 p. Acknowledgements Sources 1. Structure and function in Turkish society 2. Islam, politics and democracy in Turkey 3. The demise of Republican Turkey?s social contract? 4. ntegrating the rural: Gellner and the study of Anatolia 5. Social change and culture: responses to modernization in an Alevi village in Anatolia 6. Anthropology and ethnicity: the place of ethnography in the new Alevi movement 7. Changing gender relations among Alevis and Sunnis in Turkey 8. Studying secularism: modern Turkey and the Alevis 9. The Open Society and Anthropology: an ethnographic example from Turkey 10. Gellner and Islam 11. Culturalism and social mobility: an Alevi village in Germany (with Atila Çetin) 12. Ritual transfer and the reformulation of belief amongst the Turkish Alevi community in Europe (with Atila Çetin) 13. Uneasy capitalism 14. Inspired restraint: Development and the rural community 15. An interview with Professor Paul Stirling.
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- Title
- Structure and function in Turkish society: Essays on religion, politics and social change.
- Author
- DAVID SHANKLAND.
- Publisher
- Isis, Istanbul
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9754283273
- ISBN 13
- 9789754283273
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- History of Turkey, Social history, Turks & Turcology
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Khalkedon Rare Books has been active in the antiquarian book trade in Turkey for over 15 years. Founded in 2009 by Alican Akin, Khalkedon Rare Books specializes in rare books related to the Turkish and Islamic World, spanning from Central Asia to Andalusia. Alican Akin has been a member bookseller on AbeBooks since 2012, a member of the ABA and ILAB, a member of IOBA since 2015, and a member of the Ephemera Society of America since 2021.
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