This volume gathers the articles presented at the Reset DOC Istanbul Seminars 2013, which took place at the Istanbul Bilgi University from May 19 to May 24, 2012.
The 2012 Istanbul Seminars addressed the topic of “The Promises of Democracy in Troubled Times”.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Nilüfer Göle, Faith, market and law in democracy-making
Democratic Imaginaries Beyond Religious-Secular Divide
Jeffrey C. Alexander, The arc of civil liberation: Obama–Tahrir–Occupy
Massimo Campanini, Longing for democracy: A new way to political transformation from
an Islamic perspective
Mehmet Paçaci, Democratic values and the Qur’an as a source of Islam
Micheline Ishay, The spring of Arab nations? Paths toward a democratic transition
Economy and Gender in Democratization
Asaf Savas Akat, On economics and social sciences: An agenda for dialogue
Timur Kuran, The political consequences of Islam’s economic legacy
Katajun Amirpur, Women’s problems as a ‘women’s only’ problem? Debates on gender and democracy in Iran
Asma Barlas, Uncrossed bridges: Islam, feminism and secular democracy
Changing Legal Frames: State, Religion and Global Institutions
Andrew Arato and Ertug Tombus, Learning from success, learning from failure: South Africa, Hungary, Turkey and Egypt
Jean L. Cohen, Political religion vs non-establishment: Reflections on 21st-century political theology: Part 1
Seyla Benhabib, Transnational legal sites and democracy-building: Reconfiguring political geographies
Volker Kaul, Freedom and identity
H. E. Sayyid Mohammad Khatam, Overcoming postcolonialism: From the civilizational dispute to the renewal of dialogue
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