Beschreibung:
The aim of this collection of essays, the first academic book on the topic in English, is to offer a preliminary analysis of Gezi protests and address the following questions: 'How can we account for the protests?' and 'Who were the protesters?'
The aim of this collection of essays, the first academic book on the topic in English, is to offer a preliminary analysis of Gezi protests and address the following questions: 'How can we account for the protests?' and 'Who were the protesters?'
Preface by Judith Butler 1. Introduction; Umut Özk?r?ml? 2. A Moment of Elation: The Gezi Protests/Resistance and the Fading of the AKP Project; Soli Özel 3. Brand Turkey and the Gezi Protests: Authoritarianism In Flux, Law, and Neoliberalism; Asl? I?s?z 4. Gülenism: The Middle Way or Official Ideology?; Cihan Tu?al 5. Can the 'Spirit Of Gezi' Transform Progressive Politics in Turkey?; Onur Bak?ner 6. White Turks, Black Turks, and Negroes: The Politics of Polarization; Michael Ferguson 7. Occupy Gezi as Politics of the Body; Zeynep Gambetti 8. Cruising Politics: Sexuality, Solidarity and Modularity after Gezi; Emrah Y?ld?z 9. Urban Utopias and How They Fell Apart: The Political Ecology of Gezi Park?; Ömür Harman?ah 10. In Lieu of Conclusion: Rallying for Gezi, or Metaphors of Aporia and Empowerment; Spyros A. Sofos