Ideological or religious? Contending visions on the future of Alevi identity

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ID18955495
AutoresTalha Köse (0000-0002-7966-7742, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen19
Número5
Páginas576-596
Fecha de publicación2012-09-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIdentities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1070289x.2012.734767
OpenAlexW1997280684
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas20

Establishing a coherent collective identity within the modern urban context among people who have different ideological, social and religious orientations, and social and economic backgrounds, is an ongoing struggle within the Alevi community in Turkey. This study tries to understand how alternative positions on Alevi identity dynamically construct the boundaries, moral contents and the new shape of Alevi identity in modern urban contexts through use of various discursive resources. At least two main contending ‘positions’ on Alevi identity try to institutionalise Alevi identity in modern urban contexts, which are ‘Ideological Position’ and ‘Religious Position’. Those discourse positions constitute different visions about the past and the future of the Alevi community as well as the cultural and the political boundaries of Alevi identity. More importantly, those positions resonate in ordinary citizens’ life stories as well as group narratives. This study utilises the analytical frame of ‘positioning theory’ to shed light on the complexities of identity negotiation

Aesthetics · Geography · Ideology · Linguistics · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society

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