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Secularism as a field of class struggle: State, religion, and class relations in Turkey
Author(s) -
Uysal Gönenç
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/johs.12245
Subject(s) - secularism , capitalism , secularization , dialectic , bourgeoisie , consolidation (business) , capitalist state , sociology , state (computer science) , social class , political science , social science , political economy , gender studies , epistemology , politics , philosophy , law , economics , accounting , algorithm , computer science
The dialectical relationship between secularism and capitalism, where contradictions in this relationship are resolved on the basis of class relations, results in various state‐religion relationships in different social formations. The limitations and particularities of secularism are exaggerated in countries that arrived late at capitalism, such as Turkey. These late‐developers are subject to the dynamics of uneven and combined development. This paper borrows from Marxism, particularly the theory of uneven and combined development, in order to explore the relationship between the consolidation of the modern nation‐state and its secularisation process during the bourgeois revolution of 1923 in Turkey.