The ‘Church’ of Bourguiba
Nationalizing Islam in Tunisia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13062040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Webb (0000-0002-9200-1996, Dickinson College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 17-40 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Islam (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2213-140X • E-ISSN: 2213-1418 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22131418-00101002 |
| OpenAlex | W1994196246 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 2 |
An inquiry in historical sociology using textual interpretation of educational curricular documents to analyze the role assigned to Islam in the official ideology of Tunisia under its first post-independence president, Habib Bourguiba. Adapting a typology of religions in politics proposed by Bruce Lincoln, the article argues that the rationalized, controlled version of Islam promoted in Tunisia’s schools as part of a top-down revolution has its genealogy in similar efforts in Turkey and earlier in revolutionary and Third Republic France, and should be labeled ‘Jacobin.’ It concludes that the present polarization of Tunisian politics may be attributed in part to the partial success of Bourguiba’s project of republican identity formation, promoting different relationships to Islam among different classes of citizens
Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Islam · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |