Sharing nostalgia in Istanbul

Sharing nostalgia in Istanbul

[SHS:ANTHRO_SE] Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology

religion

tolerance

multiculturalism

christians and muslims

Turkey

Saint George

Princes Islands

Istanbul

This paper deals with conditions for tolerance at holy places, with special attention to issues related to central and peripheral sites. The contemporary general framework is the rise of religious fundamentalism, the growing political importance of the religious domain, sometimes the invasion of religion into the social life of countries bordering the Mediterranean - all relatively recent phenomena of the post-colonial era. The present configuration is marked by the ultimate separation of ethno-religious communities within most circum-Mediterranean nation states: during the 19th and 20th centuries, Christians, Jews and Muslims have strived to achieve religious homogeneity within political territories, putting an end to a long history of cohabitation.

Couroucli, Maria

Sharing Sacred Space: Religion and conflict resolution<br />Columbia University, New York.

2008-02-15

ENG

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http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00355076

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/35/50/76/PDF/Couroucli_Sharing_Nostalgia_2008.pdf

New York

United States