Workshop on Participation of Young People in Civil Society 15-16 November 2013 http://www.sebeke.org.tr/en/?page_id=179

1. UNCONSCIOUS MODERNIZATION
or
PLURALIST RESISTANCE
THE CASE OF
“ISLAMIC YOUTH MOVEMENTS”

2. The most important topics
• Social movement
• Youth
• Islamic Youth Movements.

3. Basic concepts in Islamic Movements;
- Islamization
- Islamic Identity, Muslim Identity
- Islamic youth movements

4. After 1980’s, Islamization in Turkey;
The political bans during the 1990s (until
28 February 1997) allowed and provided
greater visibility to Islam both as a style of life
and as political formation. Political Islam
during this period became a social movement
which based its discourse and praxis on tebliğ
– notification.

5. After 1980’s, Islamization in Turkey;
With the so-called “postmodern” military intervention of
“28 February,” by which political Islamists received a
“warning” from the military intervention, political Islam
changed its attitude and started emphasizing temsil –
representation, instead of notification. A more moderate
political discourse was employed from that date onwards. This
moderate approach can be seen in every area, from politics to
culture, and in everyday life. In sum, “28 February” has been a
major turning point for Islamic discourse and lifestyles.

6. The new actors of Islamic
movement:
“Activist Muslim Youth”

7. Changing Perceptions Religiosity
• The Pre-university Period
• The University Period
• Religious Groups (Islamic community and
sects)
• Opinion Leaders and The Cultural Field
• The forms of Veiling and Hijab
• Gender
• Urban life

8. Agents or Actors in the Islamic
Movements:
Opinion Leaders and Young People

12. New Perceptions of Identity:
Plural Identity, Collective Identity

13. Islamic pluralism:
What does it mean?

14. Both modern and anti-modern:
Why?

15. The movement of Islamic youth
versus traditional religiosity:
Why?

17. Islamic Movement will win
not the coups !

21. Who are the Islamic Movements ?
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