UID:
almahu_9949703658402882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004492356
,
9789004125384
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 88
Content:
This volume discusses how the multifaceted reality of Turkey's Alevis impinges on society and politics in contemporary Turkey. The book provides readers with a vigorous discussion of the origins and history of the Alevis, examines their ethnic identity and cultural representation, as well as appraising their political life and the effect that this had on Turkey's polity, the Turkish Left and the Kurdish National Movement, and upon the emergence of civil society. It analyses Alevi cultural manifestations and even looks at how Alevi diaspora communities in Europe effect Turkey in various ways. The book therefore provides readers with a convenient handbook of an important group that is largely unknown in the West - Turkey's Alevis.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Turkey's Alevi Enigma : A Comprehensive Overview. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2003 ISBN 9789004125384
Language:
English
