Anverwandlungen: Der Islam in Europa zwischen Kopftuchverbot und Extremismus

by Nilüfer Göle, Ursel Schäfer (Übersetzer)

Islam in Europe is a book full of striking the assassination of and the death threats against artists and intellectuals; violent demonstrations demanding Sharia law for Europe; and acts of terrorism, Also detailed are European political initiatives and, in some cases, new laws that forbid the wearing of the burka in public spaces, the ban on minarets in Switzerland, and other efforts to keep Western culture pure. But there is another reality, as Nilüfer Göle describes it from her own life Muslims who are politicians in European parliaments; scholars teaching in European universities; and artists who use this creative intercultural exchange as a theme in their art. More visible are the hundreds of thousands of students, workers, merchants, and professionals who participate in every aspect of public life without concealing their heritage. Göle sees the best hope for a modern and European Islam in the Muslim women who--in contrast to the men--demonstrate their commitment to their heritage by wearing head scarfs while participating in modern Western life. In manifesting their professional and public experience in their own communities, they become the agents of change and modernism. Göle thus sees European Islam as feminine, in contrast to the male-dominated traditional Islam.

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Nilüfer Göle (born 1953) is a prominent Turkish sociologist and a leading authority on the political movement of today's educated, urbanized, religious Muslim women. From 1986 to 2001 a professor at the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, she is currently Directrice d'études at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Centre d’Analyse et d’Intervention Sociologiques (CADIS), in Paris. Göle is the author of "Interpénétrations: L’Islam et l’Europe" and "The Forbidden Modern: Civilization and Veiling". Through personal interviews, Göle has developed detailed case studies of young Turkish women who are turning to the tenets of fundamental Islamic gender codes. Her sociological approach has also produced a broader critique of Eurocentrism with regard to emerging Islamic identities at the close of the twentieth century. She has explored the specific topic of covering, as well as the complexities of living in a multicultural world.

Reviews

[FEYZA UGURTAY · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nilüfer Göle İslam’ın Avrupa’daki görünürlüğünün yeni nesilin kamusal alanlara dahil olmasıyla arttığını ve bu görünürlüğün Avrupa toplumları üzerindeki etkilerini ele almaktadır. Mostar Köprüsü İslam ve Avrupa’nın birlikte yaşayabileceğini sembolize eden metafordur. Berlin Duvarı’nın yıkılmasını daima sıcak gündeminde tutan Avrupa hafızası ne yazık ki kültürlerarası melezlenmenin timsali olan köprünün yıkılışını unutma ya da görmezden gelme eğilimindedir.