Secularism as a Project of Free and Equal Citizenship: Reflections on the Turkish Case
This article undertakes a defense of secularism, much maligned by postmodernists and multiculturalists. First, secularism as a normative political principle is conceptually distinguished from the discredited sociological theory of secularization and, second, it is treated as a project of free and eq...
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| description | This article undertakes a defense of secularism, much maligned by postmodernists and multiculturalists. First, secularism as a normative political principle is conceptually distinguished from the discredited sociological theory of secularization and, second, it is treated as a project of free and equal citizenship. The conceptual discussion is complemented by an assessment of the Turkish case, falsely presented in the literature as a radical form of secularism. The article aims to show that a religious political movement, opposed to secularism, tends to be authoritarian and intolerant of diversity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3c8b648e8b64fc082daa27372f69bc32022-12-22T03:30:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752022-06-01710.3389/fsoc.2022.902734902734Secularism as a Project of Free and Equal Citizenship: Reflections on the Turkish CaseHaldun GülalpThis article undertakes a defense of secularism, much maligned by postmodernists and multiculturalists. First, secularism as a normative political principle is conceptually distinguished from the discredited sociological theory of secularization and, second, it is treated as a project of free and equal citizenship. The conceptual discussion is complemented by an assessment of the Turkish case, falsely presented in the literature as a radical form of secularism. The article aims to show that a religious political movement, opposed to secularism, tends to be authoritarian and intolerant of diversity.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.902734/fullsecularismsecularizationfreedom of beliefcitizenshipdemocracyauthoritarianism |
| spellingShingle | Haldun Gülalp Secularism as a Project of Free and Equal Citizenship: Reflections on the Turkish Case Frontiers in Sociology secularism secularization freedom of belief citizenship democracy authoritarianism |
| title | Secularism as a Project of Free and Equal Citizenship: Reflections on the Turkish Case |
| title_full | Secularism as a Project of Free and Equal Citizenship: Reflections on the Turkish Case |
| title_fullStr | Secularism as a Project of Free and Equal Citizenship: Reflections on the Turkish Case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secularism as a Project of Free and Equal Citizenship: Reflections on the Turkish Case |
| title_short | Secularism as a Project of Free and Equal Citizenship: Reflections on the Turkish Case |
| title_sort | secularism as a project of free and equal citizenship reflections on the turkish case |
| topic | secularism secularization freedom of belief citizenship democracy authoritarianism |
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