Acts of Belonging in Modern Societies

Ilgin Yorukoglu is Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences, Humanities and Criminal Justice Department at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, US.

• 1. Introduction - A Framework To Study Belonging.- 2. We Have Never Been Coherent: Integration, Sexual Tolerance, Security.- 3. Belonging, Somehow: Communities Of Difference.- 4. Fahriye’s Multiculturalism: Ethnicity, Trust, Claim-Making.- 5. Fatma Can Go Anywhere Now: Religious Identification And Redefining One’s Self.- 6. Seçil And Sefa: Protest As An Act Of Belonging.- 7. Conclusion.