| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Alevi and Sunni in the Republic of Turkey -- 2. The sub-province -- 3. The Sunni villages : a model of rural integration -- 4. Susesi : an Alevi community -- 5. Religion, ritual and social control -- 6. Social change and the Alevi communities -- 7. The Alevis, evolving identity and the state -- 8. conclusion : comparative and theoretical relections. |
| Summary |
"The Alevis, a heterodox Islamic group in modern Turkey, have no church, no established doctrine and no shared liturgy. Instead, their religion has developed in rural Anatolia through hereditary holy figures who transmitted esoteric religious thought through music, poetry and collective rituals." "Using ethnographic material gained over a period of five years residence in Turkey, David Shankland shows how social change in the rural, hierarchical, rather closed Alevi communities is leading to the emergence of a unique secularist Islamic tradition. By including much contrasting information about the way the Alevi communities differ from the Sunni, their orthodox counterparts, this work is able to offer original insights into the wider processes of social change that are transforming Turkish society as a whole."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Bektashi -- Turkey.
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Bektashi. |
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Turkey. |
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Nosairians -- Turkey.
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Nosairians. |
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Shīʻah -- Turkey.
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Shīʻah. |
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Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites.
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Relations. |
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Sunnites. |
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Sunnites -- Relations -- Shīʻah.
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Islam and secularism -- Turkey.
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Islam and secularism. |
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Religion and politics -- Turkey.
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Religion and politics. |
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Turkey -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shankland, David. Alevis in Turkey. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 0700716068 (DLC) 2002032602 (OCoLC)50424233 |
| ISBN |
020341750X (electronic book) |
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9780203417508 (electronic book) |
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0700716068 (Cloth) |
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9780700716067 |
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9781135789626 (e-book: PDF) |
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1135789622 |
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9781135789572 (e-book: Mobi) |
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1135789576 |
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9781135789619 (e-book: ePub) |
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1135789614 |
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9780415444361 (paperback) |
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0415444365 |
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1280058129 |
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9781280058127 |
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0203419480 |
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9780203419489 |
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