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Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity

Carter starts out the book saying he thought about how to be the intellectual successor of Bernard Lewis in this book and I couldn't take it seriously from there, especially after just coming after Çağlar Keyder's magisterial State and Class in Turkey. You can just tell from the weight of a history book, right out of the gate, that it's going to be a piece of dad-history reactionary garbage. Tries to be cool with the kids by pairing each chapter with an exemplary novel, helpful synopsis but does not tie them to the historical context at all. 

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