Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey : Islamism, violence and the state / Mehmet Kurt.

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Kurt, Mehmet, 1982- [Browse]
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Book
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English
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London : Pluto Press, 2017.
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x, 188 pages ; 22 cm.

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    Hizbullah is commonly misunderstood in the west, and the differences between Hizbullah in Lebanon, whose followers are mainly adherents of the Shiite sect of Islam, and Hizbullah in Turkey, which is made up of Sunnis, specifically Shafii Kurds, are even less known. In Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey, Mehmet Kurt seeks to change this, by charting the development of this powerful and misconstrued Islamist social movement from its origins in violent militancy to a more civic mode of engagement-an engagement that nonetheless provides a rationale for disenchanted young Islamists to engage in political violence. In this book, Kurt offers unique insight into Kurdish Hizbullah's political rise and its integration of Kurdish Islamism in the region, showing how the group has successfully co-opted Kurdish nationalist discourses into an Islamist framework. Through ethnographic field work and extensive interviews with members, leaders, and supporters of Hizbullah, Kurt details how Islamic civil society managed to take root in a region where ethnic identity had been the primary factor in challenging a repressive and violent state.
    Notes
    • "First published 2015 by İletişim Publishing, Turkey"--Title page verso.
    • "This book was developed from my doctoral dissertation, 'Religion, violence, and belonging : a sociological study of Hizbullah in Turkey,' at the Department of Sociology, Selçuk University."--Page ix
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-184) and index.
    Language note
    Translated from the Turkish.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • 1 Historical overview of Hizbullah
    • 2 The 'grounded' dimensions of Hizbullah as Islamist organisation and social movement
    • 3 The construction of social memory in the stories and novels of Hizbullah
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix: The text of the written interview with Hizbullah officials.
    ISBN
    • 0745399347 (hardback)
    • 9780745399348 (hardback)
    LCCN
    2022405676
    OCLC
    980241511
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