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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
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The Military-Nation
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Military Service
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Militarizing Education
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'The Myth of the Military Nation is exemplary of the politically engaged scholarship that has acquired momentum with a new generation of Turkish scholars committed to exposing national myths to overcome past and present injustices in Turkish society. Altinay ably combines ethnography with rich and historically informed scholarship to demonstrate the historical production of the idea of a military-nation as a foundational myth of Turkish nationalism, and offers a critique of the institutional and ideological sources of its hegemony that is all the more effective for its heart-felt but subdued tone.' - Arif Dirlik, University of Oregon, USA
'The Myth of the Military-Nation is a precious gift to those many of us who want to understand the cultural processes through which manhood and national belonging come to be inseparable from soldiering - and the courage and cost involved in reaching for an unmilitarized way of being. - Cynthia Cockburn, City University London, UK
'With all the news about Turkish politics due to the Cyprus, Iraq and EU debates, now is exactly the time for all of us to read this smart feminist investigation of the Turkish political interplay between masculinity, men, statist nationalism and soldiering. Altinay is one of the most insightful political anthropologists I know. ' - Cynthia Enloe, Author of Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives
'This is a work which contributes essential substance to modern history, peace and security studies, gender studies and to the theory and practice of education. It should be read by every educator concerned by the disservice to critical learning done by the militarization of education.' - Betty A. Reardon, Peace Education Centre, Teachers College, USA
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Myth of the Military-Nation
Book Subtitle: Militarism, Gender, and Education in Turkey
Authors: Ayse Gül Altinay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403979360
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Ayse Gül Altinay 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6281-2Published: 16 December 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7283-5Published: 12 February 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-7936-0Published: 09 December 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 206
Topics: Regional and Cultural Studies, Middle Eastern Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Science, Gender Studies