1. Modernist nationalism: statism and national identity in Turkey.
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Akman, Ayhan
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NATIONALISM , *SOCIAL sciences , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *MODERNISM (Christian theology) , *ETHNICITY - Abstract
At the heart of a critical, self-reflexive comparative social science lies the ability and willingness to question and rethink the theoretical boundaries and dichotomies that provide the foundations for comparative analysis. By using the process of Turkish national identity formation, this paper attempts to problematize the canonical dichotomization of nationalisms as either civic or ethnic. The analysis of the Turkish case suggests the need to supplant the paradigmatic dichotomy of ethnic versus civic nationalism with a third category: modernist nationalism.
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- 2004
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