New Perspectives on India and Turkey

Smita Tewari Jassal is Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Sociology Program at Ambedkar University, Delhi, India Halil Turan is Professor and Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

• Introduction Part 1: History and Memory 1. India and Turkey: Interplay of Shadows and Trajectories in the Longue Durée, Eyup Özveren 2. The Salafi War against Sufism: Reflections on Love and Violence, Shail Mayaram 3. Echoes in the Shrine: Remembering and Forgetting in Two Contexts, Smita Tewari Jassal Part 2: Nationhood and Leadership 4. Republican Turkey and Tamil Self-respecters - Kemal Pasha in Southern India, V. Geetha 5. Halide Edib and Gandhi: Literary Modernity in India and Turkey, Emrah Efe Khayyat Part 3: Secularism 6. Secularism in Two Contexts, Srirupa Roy 7. Nehru against Nehruvians: on Religion and Secularism, Rajeev Bhargava 8. Redefining the Minority: Alevis in Turkey, Mustafa Şen Part 4: Development Debates 9. Locating Agency in Global Connections: The Case of India and Turkey as ‘Rising Powers’, Derya Göçer Akder & Meliha Benli Altunışık 10. Diaspora Engagement in the United States: the Case of India and Turkey, Şebnem Köşer Akçapar 11. Perspectives on Development Incentives: 18th Century Philosophers, India and Turkey, Halil Turan 12. Waterproof Development? Impact of Advocacy Networks on Anti-Dam Movements in India and Turkey, Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu Part 5: Claiming the City 13. Notes on Informal Vending in Istanbul and Calcutta, Durba Chattaraj 14. The Endangered Pleasures of Indian Cities: Notes from the Good Life in Istanbul, Kushanava Choudhury 15. A Political Analysis of Middle Class-Based Social Movements: India and Turkey Compared, Ceren Ergenç