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Pious Politics provides a comprehensive historical and sociological analysis of the Islamist movement in Turkey, tracing its cultural foundations and development over time. Zeynep Ozgen examines how Islamic traditions, social practices, and religious institutions became intertwined with political mobilization and ideology formation.
The book investigates the complex relationship between piety, culture, and politics in Turkish society, revealing how ordinary Muslims’ devotional practices and community networks contributed to the rise of organized Islamist politics. Through detailed historical research, Ozgen demonstrates that the Islamist movement was not simply imposed from above but emerged organically from deep-rooted cultural and religious traditions within Turkish communities.
As part of the Cambridge Studies in Historical Sociology series, this work employs rigorous sociological methods to understand political change, making it essential reading for scholars of Islamic politics, Turkish history, and religious movements in the modern Middle East.
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