Full Description
This book explores anti-Westernism in Turkey by locating it in historical, ideological, and political contexts. It examines how anti-Westernism has evolved from the early period of Turkish modernization to the present day. The book traces admiration, scepticism, and resistance in the Turkish attitude toward the West through a historical and ideological account of Turkish politics. Through contributions from experts, overarching themes such as sovereignty, security, and memory are analysed in a way to explain how historical grievances as reinvented by political actors representing different ideological dispositions converge to shape a negative attitude in Turkey toward the West.
Contents
Historical Roots of Anti-Westernism.- From Kemalism to Neo-Kemalism: Rethinking the West.- The West as the Other.- Turkish Left: Anti-Imperialism and the West Question.- Radical Right: From anti-Communism to anti-Westernism.- Turkish Liberals and the West: The Limits of Westernism.- From Euro-Skepticism to Anti-Europeanism.- Anti-Americanism as Anti-Westernism.- Anti-Westernism in Conspiracy Theories.- Anti-Westernism in Turkish Public Opinion.
