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Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey: Islamism, Violence and the State
Mehmet Kurt
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Hardback. An academic insider's account of the Islamist social movement Kurdish Hizbullah Series: State Crime. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
This study analyses Kurdish Hizbullah as a social movement, charting Hizbullah's development from its origins in violent militancy to its move towards a more ambiguous 'civic' mode of engagement. Mehmet Kurt explores Hizbullah in Turkey's many paradoxes: notably its political rise and the apparent power of Islamism in a region in which leftist Kurdish political movements dominate political discourse; and its composition, which in its Sunni and Kurdish makeup, differs from the Shiite Hizbullah in Lebanon. Through his unique position as an anthropologist, theorist and former Imam, Kurt produces a work of extraordinary ... Read more
This study analyses Kurdish Hizbullah as a social movement, charting Hizbullah's development from its origins in violent militancy to its move towards a more ambiguous 'civic' mode of engagement. Mehmet Kurt explores Hizbullah in Turkey's many paradoxes: notably its political rise and the apparent power of Islamism in a region in which leftist Kurdish political movements dominate political discourse; and its composition, which in its Sunni and Kurdish makeup, differs from the Shiite Hizbullah in Lebanon. Through his unique position as an anthropologist, theorist and former Imam, Kurt produces a work of extraordinary ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
State Crime
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745399348
SKU
V9780745399348
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About Mehmet Kurt
Mehmet Kurt is the British Academy Newton Advanced Post-Doctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. His areas of expertise are Kurdish Islamist groups, social movements, radicalisation, the Kurdish issue in Turkey, visual ethnography and oral history. He is the author of Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey (Pluto, 2017).
Reviews for Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey: Islamism, Violence and the State
'This book offers a rich descriptive account of Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey based on strong ethnographic research ... delivers a fascinating account of the organizational and ideological background of Kurdish Hizbullah and the basics of Kurdish political Islam'
Middle East Policy 'A valuable contribution to the growing literature on religious nationalism in Turkey ... It will remain a point ... Read more
Middle East Policy 'A valuable contribution to the growing literature on religious nationalism in Turkey ... It will remain a point ... Read more