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Atatürk : an intellectual biography /
When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science--and by the personality cult Atatürk created around himself--would reign supreme as the new religion. This book provides th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2017.
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| Edición: | Revised edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science--and by the personality cult Atatürk created around himself--would reign supreme as the new religion. This book provides the first in-depth look at the intellectual life of the Turkish Republic's founder. In doing so, it frames him within the historical context of the turbulent age in which he lived, and explores the uneasy transition from the late Ottoman imperial order to the modern Turkish state through his life and i. |
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| Notas: | New preface by the author, 2017. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 273 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400885572 1400885574 |