Between ‘tradition’ and movement: The emergence of Turkey’s Anti-Capitalist Muslims in the age of protest
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Between ‘tradition’ and movement : The emergence of Turkey’s Anti-Capitalist Muslims in the age of protest. / Uestebay, Leor.
In: Globalizations, Vol. 16, No. 4, 04.01.2019, p. 472-488.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Between ‘tradition’ and movement
T2 - The emergence of Turkey’s Anti-Capitalist Muslims in the age of protest
AU - Uestebay, Leor
PY - 2019/1/4
Y1 - 2019/1/4
N2 - This article discusses the emergence of the “Anti-Capitalist Muslims” (ACMs) movement as the conjunction of critical Muslim politics and grassroots activism in Istanbul, Turkey. It explores the way in which Islam has been reconstituted in Turkish politics, in contrast to both fundamentalism and the government’s neoliberal conservatism. The article draws upon Talal Asad’s definition of Islam as a ‘tradition’ that attempts to achieve coherent narratives in a form which considers and enters into a dialogue with the present context, especially with contemporary social movements. It is argued that, through a dialogue between Islam and anti-capitalist social movements, the ACMs constructed an alternative Islamic tradition, focused especially on emancipation, equality and challenging structures of domination. Yet this alternative tradition proved unable to sustain itself due to the presence of a number of ongoing ridigities, which it is suggested might be addressed in future attempts to construct an anti-capitalist form of Islam.
AB - This article discusses the emergence of the “Anti-Capitalist Muslims” (ACMs) movement as the conjunction of critical Muslim politics and grassroots activism in Istanbul, Turkey. It explores the way in which Islam has been reconstituted in Turkish politics, in contrast to both fundamentalism and the government’s neoliberal conservatism. The article draws upon Talal Asad’s definition of Islam as a ‘tradition’ that attempts to achieve coherent narratives in a form which considers and enters into a dialogue with the present context, especially with contemporary social movements. It is argued that, through a dialogue between Islam and anti-capitalist social movements, the ACMs constructed an alternative Islamic tradition, focused especially on emancipation, equality and challenging structures of domination. Yet this alternative tradition proved unable to sustain itself due to the presence of a number of ongoing ridigities, which it is suggested might be addressed in future attempts to construct an anti-capitalist form of Islam.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Anti-Capitalist Muslims
KW - tradition
KW - social movements
KW - disruptive politics
KW - Turkey
U2 - 10.1080/14747731.2018.1558818
DO - 10.1080/14747731.2018.1558818
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 472
EP - 488
JO - Globalizations
JF - Globalizations
SN - 1474-7731
IS - 4
ER -
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