Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey

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Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey is a seminal sociological study by Şerif Mardin that analyzes the role of Islam in the modernization and political transformation of Turkish society.

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instanceOf book
sociological study
academicDiscipline history
political science
sociology
analyzes continuity and change in Ottoman and Republican religious institutions
impact of Islam on Turkish political movements
interaction between secularization and religion in Turkey
author Şerif Mardin NERFINISHED
contextOfProduction Cold War era Middle Eastern studies
contributedTo academic understanding of Turkish Islam
debates on secularism in Turkey
studies of center–periphery relations in Turkey
countryOfFocus Turkey NERFINISHED
describedAs classic in the sociology of religion
seminal work on Turkish Islam
fieldOfStudy Middle Eastern studies
political sociology
sociology of religion
focusesOn relationship between religion and modernization
relationship between religion and politics in Turkey
role of Islam in Turkish society
hasAudience scholars of Islam
scholars of Turkey
students of modernization theory
hasKeyTheme adaptation of Islamic institutions to modern state structures
continuities between Ottoman and Republican religious policies
role of religious communities in social mobilization
tension between secular elites and religious groups
hasPerspective Weberian-influenced analysis of religion and modernity
historical-sociological
influenced later research on political Islam in Turkey
scholarly debates on Islam and modernity
language English
mainSubject Islam in Turkey NERFINISHED
modernization in Turkey
political transformation in Turkey
social change
notableFor conceptualization of religion as a dynamic social force
empirical analysis of Turkish religious movements
timePeriodDiscussed 20th century Turkey
early Turkish Republic
late Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
usedIn university courses on Middle Eastern politics
university courses on sociology of religion

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Şerif Mardin notableWork Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey