What happens if a liberal philosopher writes a book about religion and the public life? He will speak out and argue for a rigid secularism, placing...

It is increasingly recognized that effective state interventionism is a key ingredient of successful integration into the global economy. Indeed,...

It is comparatively well-known now that the late Albert Hourani came rather to regret the title of his probably most famous work, Arabic Thought in...

Feroz Ahmad once described contemporary Turks as suffering from the “Sèvres Complex,” by which he referred to Turkish paranoia about having...

In light of the many texts that have been published recently which explore the vast history of the Ottoman Empire, a monograph has now appeared...

This volume is composed of twenty- four essays by many prominent figures in Ottoman studies in Europe as well as North America, with topics...

No other President of Iran has had comparable air time on international media outlets than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It was reported that the ticket to...

This book is a rich and deeply engaging study of comparative travel and political theory. Bringing together Muslim and non-Muslim writers, Roxanne...

Anatoly Golitsyn’s New Lies for Old was published in 1984, when ‘Gorby’ was emerging. The book made waves, because the author, a defector from...

Readers might expect Tormented by History to be a new contribution to the vast literature of relations between Greece and Turkey, due to the shared...

Ruth Mandel’s brilliant work entitled Cosmopolitan Anxieties: Turkish Challenges to Citizenship and Belonging in Germany very eloquently proves...

Turkey between Democracy and Militarism: Post Kemalist Perspectives” provides a comprehensive picture of the struggle taking place in contemporary...

Since the 1980s, religious parties have enjoyed electoral success in a range of countries, raising questions about why religious movements have...

This book is almost surely designed for the use of undergraduates. It is short (193 pages of text), and covers ten of America’s wars from the time...

This is the third volume in a trilogy written by Ulrich Beck. The first two volumes – Power in the Global Age (2005) and The Cosmopolitan Vision...

Roger Trigg has written an insightful, balanced and clear-headed book on the complex topic of the relationship between religion and politics in a...

In The Identity of Nations, Montserrat Guibernau engages in the current debates about the extent to which multiculturalism still offers a valid...

“Turkey’s Modernization” is about the German-speaking Jewish academics and artists who looked for and found shelter along the Bosporus during the...

During his long career as poet, scholar, and translator, Talat Sait Halman has done more than any other single individual to promote knowledge of...

Autobiographies of Orhan Pamuk is one of the best introductions yet to the works of Turkey’s most famous author. This literary and biographical...

İsmet Inonu, the second president of the Republic of Turkey (1938-1950), is often neglected by historians in favor of Mustafa Kemal Atatiirk, the...

İsmet Inonu, the second president of the Republic of Turkey (1938-1950), is often neglected by historians in favor of Mustafa Kemal Atatiirk, the...

İn the aftermath of 9/11 the relations between İslam and the secular have increasingly become a matter of scholarly interest.

In his latest monograph on Turkey, veteran RAND foreign policy analyst Stephen Larrabee strikes the right cord between analysis and alarm. "Turkey...