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The Sciences Of The Soul: The Emergence Of Psy-Sciences And The Modern State In Turkey, Kutlughan Soyubol
The Sciences Of The Soul: The Emergence Of Psy-Sciences And The Modern State In Turkey, Kutlughan Soyubol
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This dissertation examines the epistemological and conceptual formation and articulations of madness, mental health, and selfhood in the context of creating a modern Turkish nation (1923-1960). Three inter-related themes run through the study. First, the emergence of new and often contested medical discourses on mental health that engaged with and participated in the construction of healthy secular subjects within the imaginary milieu of the Kemalist nationalist project. Second, the processes through which psy-sciences, armed with scientific rationality, came to engage with and appropriate the language and the terrain once occupied by religion. And third, the intricate discursive fluctuations over the …
The Optional Ramadan Fast: Debating Q. 2.184 In The Early Turkish Republic, Brett Wilson
The Optional Ramadan Fast: Debating Q. 2.184 In The Early Turkish Republic, Brett Wilson
Brett Wilson
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The First Translations Of The Qur'an In Modern Turkey (1924-1938), Brett Wilson
The First Translations Of The Qur'an In Modern Turkey (1924-1938), Brett Wilson
Brett Wilson
No abstract provided.