Nora Fisher Onar on Turkish political history beyond binaries

What this episode covers

Nora Fisher Onar, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies at University of San Francisco, on “Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond” (Cambridge University Press). The book aims to “challenge the received wisdom that a binary contest between ’Islam’ and ’secularism’ is the driving force in Turkey’s politics”. It voices the same scepticism about other binary divides often used to explain Turkey’s political history, including ”Turks vs. Kurds”, ”Sunnis vs. Alevis”, etc. Instead, Onar proposes an alternative theory of alliances between pluralist and non-pluralist forces that shift over time. Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/