Turkey and the European Union : Christian and secular images of Islam / Paul T. Levin.
| Author/creator |
Levin, Paul T. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. |
| Description | xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction and theoretical framework -- Exclusive identities and military defeat: from first encounters to the High Middle Ages (ca. 632-1050) -- Inclusive identities and military expansion: Latin Christendom in The High Middle Ages (ca. 1050-1350) -- Introducting Europe and "the Turk": the Renaissance and the Reformations -- "Mahomet the Imposter": old and new in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European images of Islam -- Turkey and the European Union: the historical legacy and contemporary attitudes -- Competing narratives: images of Turkey in the European Parliament (1996-2010) -- Appendix: political groups in the European Parliament. |
| Abstract | "This book critically examines the origins of today's anti-Islamic rhetoric in Europe with a specific focus on representations of Turkey. Applying a novel theoretical framework that understands collective identities as dramaturgical achievements, it shows that stereotypes of Turks continue to provide an important "Other" against which a supposed European "Self" is contrasted. The book identifies two competing meta-narratives that have long vied for the right to define Christendom and later Europe, and argues that the struggle over these narratives - one tragic, the other comic - have come to a head in Turkey's current bid for EU membership"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010050138 |
| ISBN | 9780230104617 |
| ISBN | 0230104614 |
| Standard identifier# | 40019508956 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DR432 .L48 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |