New Perspectives on India and Turkey: Connections and Debates

ISBN-13: 9781138689329 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 238 str.

Smita Tewari Jassal; Halil Turan

Opis

India and Turkey, Asia Minor and the Subcontinent of Hindustan, and the Ottomans and Mughals have had shared histories of contact, engagement, and dialogue over the centuries. Using the inter-cultural dialogue signaled by such contacts as a starting point, this book builds on the historical connectivity between India and Turkey.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: History and Memory  1. India and Turkey: Interplay of Shadows and Trajectories in the Longue Durée, Eyup Özveren  2. The Salafi War against Sufism: Reflections on Love and Violence, Shail Mayaram  3. Echoes in the Shrine: Remembering and Forgetting in Two Contexts, Smita Tewari Jassal  Part 2: Nationhood and Leadership  4. Republican Turkey and Tamil Self-respecters - Kemal Pasha in Southern India, V. Geetha  5. Halide Edib and Gandhi: Literary Modernity in India and Turkey, Emrah Efe Khayyat  Part 3: Secularism  6. Secularism in Two Contexts, Srirupa Roy  7. Nehru against Nehruvians: on Religion and Secularism, Rajeev Bhargava  8. Redefining the Minority: Alevis in Turkey, Mustafa Şen  Part 4: Development Debates  9. Locating Agency in Global Connections: The Case of India and Turkey as ‘Rising Powers’, Derya Göçer Akder & Meliha Benli Altunışık  10. Diaspora Engagement in the United States: the Case of India and Turkey, Şebnem Köşer Akçapar  11. Perspectives on Development Incentives: 18^th Century Philosophers, India and Turkey, Halil Turan  12. Waterproof Development? Impact of Advocacy Networks on Anti-Dam Movements in India and Turkey, Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu  Part 5: Claiming the City  13. Notes on Informal Vending in Istanbul and Calcutta, Durba Chattaraj  14. The Endangered Pleasures of Indian Cities: Notes from the Good Life in Istanbul, Kushanava Choudhury  15. A Political Analysis of Middle Class-Based Social Movements: India and Turkey Compared, Ceren Ergenç