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Ayhan Kaya
1. Silahtaraga Elektrik Santrali E5 Bldg, Istanbul Bilgi Univ, Dept Intl Rel, Eski, Istanbul, Turkey

Presents a nuanced analysis of the immigrant communities in Europe and the problematic nature of their labelling by the host countries
Going beyond the Muslim-Christian duality, the third space paradigm allows the analyst to focus on transnational subjectivities in the making
Offers a syncretic approach to culture arguing against essentialism
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This book analyses Muslim-origin immigrant communities in Europe, and the problematic nature of their labelling by both their home and host countries. The author challenges the ways in which both sending and receiving countries encapsulate these migrants within the religiously defined closed box of “Muslim” and/or “Islam”. Transcending binary oppositions of East and West, European and Muslim, local and newcomer, Kaya presents the multiple identities of Muslim-origin immigrants by interrogating the third space paradigm.

Turkish Origin Migrants and Their Descendants analyses the complexity of the hyphenated identities of the Turkish-origin community with their intricate religious, ethnic, cultural, ideological and personal elements. This insight into the life-worlds of transnational individuals and local communities will be of interest to students and scholars of the social sciences, migration studies, and political science, especially those concerned with Islamization of radicalism, populism, and Islamophobia in a European context.

Re-Imagining the Nation

Article Open access 27 October 2015

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Authors and Affiliations

Silahtaraga Elektrik Santrali E5 Bldg, Istanbul Bilgi Univ, Dept Intl Rel, Eski, Istanbul, Turkey

Ayhan Kaya

About the author

Ayhan Kaya is Professor of Politics and Director of the European Institute and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Turkish Origin Migrants and Their Descendants
Book Subtitle: Hyphenated Identities in Transnational Space
Authors: Ayhan Kaya
Series Title: Identities and Modernities in Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94995-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94994-9Published: 16 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94995-6Published: 04 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-3335
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3343
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 163
Topics: Political Sociology, Migration, Self and Identity, Ethnicity Studies