{"product_id":"faces-of-the-state-secularism-and-public-life-in-turkey-9780691088457","title":"Faces of the State: Secularism and Public Life in Turkey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaces of the State\u003c\/i\u003e is a penetrating study of the production of a state-revering political culture in the public life of 1990s Turkey. In this new contribution to the anthropology of the state, Yael Navaro-Yashin brings recent poststructuralist and psychoanalytic theory to bear on the study of the political. Delving deeper than studies of nationalist discourse that would focus on consciously articulated narratives of political identity, the author explores sites of \"fantasy\" in the public-political domain of Istanbul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book focuses on the conflict over secularism in the aftermath of an Islamist victory in the city's municipalities. In contrast with studies that would problematize and objectify religious movements, the author examines the agency of secularists under a state widely known for its \"secularist\" policies. The complexity and dynamism of the context studied moves well beyond scholarly distinctions between \"secularity\" and \"religion,\" as well as \"state\" and \"society.\" Here, secularism and Islamism emerge as different guises for a culture of statism where people from \"society\" compete to claim \"Turkish culture\" for themselves and their life practices. With this work that stretches the boundaries of regionalism, the author situates her anthropological study of Turkey not only in scholarship on the Middle East, but also in the broader problem of thinking \"Europe\" anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yael Navaro-Yashin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.20w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691088457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYael Navaro-Yashin\u003c\/b\u003e is University Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at Cambridge University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40808624849011,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":86.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_08141c08-6d41-431f-b9d7-b4034340bee8.jpg?v=1683033274","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/faces-of-the-state-secularism-and-public-life-in-turkey-9780691088457","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}