Neo-Ottomanism and the Politics of Emotions in Turkey : Resentment, Nostalgia, Narcissism /

Tokdoğan combines cutting-edge perspectives on symbolic and emotional politics to analyse Neo-Ottomanism as a powerful political narrative under the AKP and Erdoğan, which has transformed the national habitus of contemporary Turkey. Engaging, scholarly and enlightening, this book will be essential r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tokdoğan, Nagehan (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Edition:	1st ed. 2024.
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology,
Subjects:	Middle East > Politics and government. Political sociology. World politics. Social psychology. Religion and politics. Middle Eastern Politics. Political Sociology. Political History. Social Psychology. Politics and Religion. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. On Emotions, Politics and Political Symbols
Chapter 3. Neo-Ottomanism as an Alternative Narrative of National Identity
Chapter 4. From Victimization to Omnipotence: The Pathos of Erdoğan as a Constituent Symbol of the Neo-Ottomanist Narrative
Chapter 5. Istanbul as the Symbolic Space of the Neo-Ottomanist Narrative: Nostalgia, Romanticism and Domestic Imperial Greed
Chapter 6. Sites of an Islamic desire for homecoming: the Hagia Sophia and Çamlıca Mosque
Chapter 7. Towards the Construction of a Neo-Ottomanist Myth: The "Legend" of 15 July and National Narcissism
Chapter 7. Conclusion.