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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-90222-8
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Sociology
Body granting the degree
Loyola University Chicago
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2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation analyzes Said Nursi's revivalist discourse and mobilization strategies in the context of the development of secularism in Turkey. This study starts with the exploration of the development of the secularist movement and its discourse with regard to philosophical foundations of (1) the construction of reality, (2) the self and (3) the society. This is followed by the analysis of Said Nursi's discourse of revivalism before and after the establishment of the Turkish Republic with respect to these three areas and by the exploration of the discourse and mobilization strategies of the Nur Movement (established by Said Nursi) vis-à-vis the mobilization strategies of the secularist establishment.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sociology
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Subject Term
Social sciences;Muslim world;Nur movement;Religion in turkey;Revivalism;Revivalist movements;Secularization