In Nostalgia for the Modern, Esra Özyürek analyzes the ways that Turkish citizens began to express an attachment to—and nostalgia for—the secularist, modernist, and nationalist foundations of the Turkish Republic.

Being German, Becoming Muslim provides a fresh window into the connections and tensions stemming from a growing religious phenomenon in Germany and beyond.

By focusing on the recently formed but already sizable sector of Muslim-only anti-Semitism and Holocaust education programs, this book explores the paradoxes of postwar German national identity.

Nationalism; memory; psychological aspects; Turkey.

Dies zeigt sich besonders in den gesellschaftlichen Debatten seit 2015. Dabei ist dieses Phänomen keineswegs neu, sondern lässt sich bereits in der Vergangenheit in unterschiedlichen Ausprägungsformen beobachten.

Die Autorin Prof. Dr. Esra Özyürek hat den Lehrstuhl für zeitgenössische türkische Studien am Europäischen Institut an der London School of Economics inne.