Istanbul, City of the Fearless

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Urban Activism, Coup d'Etat, and Memory in Turkey

By Christopher Houston

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Istanbul, City of the Fearless by Christopher Houston offers a detailed study of Istanbul during the tumultuous years surrounding the 1980 military coup. Combining anthropology, urban studies, cultural geography, and social theory, it explores the city's social movements, urban violence, military rule, activism, and political memory. The book illuminates how these elements shaped Istanbul's globalisation from the 1980s onwards, providing a rich social history and anthropological perspective on the city's transformation.
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Ideal for readers interested in social history, urban studies, political activism, and Middle Eastern studies, this book suits academics, students, and anyone seeking a nuanced understanding of Istanbul’s modern political landscape.

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Based on extensive field research in Turkey, Istanbul, City of the Fearless explores social movements and the broader practices of civil society in Istanbul during the critical years before and after the 1980 military coup, a defining event in the neoliberal reengineering of the city.

Bringing together developments in anthropology, urban studies, cultural geography, and social theory, Christopher Houston offers new insights into the meaning and study of urban violence, military rule, activism, and spatial tactics. The book examines relations between political factions and ideologies, as well as political memory and commemoration.

This book is both a social history and an anthropological study. It investigates how activist practices and the coup not only contributed to the globalization of Istanbul beginning in the 1980s but also exerted their force and influence into the future.

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“Istanbul, City of the Fearless is a book that transcends disciplinary boundaries, and is useful as an exemplary framework to study political life and affect in contemporary Istanbul, as well as in other similarly complex geographies.” – International Journal of Middle East Studies

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520343207

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 March 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 3 b-w images

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 363g

Pages: 242

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About the Author

Christopher Houston is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University in Sydney. He is the author of Kurdistan: Crafting of National Selves and Islam, Kurds and the Turkish Nation-State.