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Role of Religion in Global Politics - The case of France and Turkey

Stancevic, Sara LU (2022) SIMZ11 20221
Graduate School
Abstract
Despite the fact that a great majority of experts predicted that religion would lose its power and influence, we are currently experiencing a worldwide revival of religious sentiments.
The purpose of this study is to investigate how religion, politics, and security impact identity construction in France and Turkey. This study used critical discourse analysis and thematic narrative analysis to examine how the political elite produces narratives and impacts, citizens, in these two cases. According to the findings, the political elite of both countries exploits religious overtones in their speeches to secure votes, which produces ontological insecurity in individuals, thus, creating uncertainty about their identity. As a consequence, both of... (More)
Despite the fact that a great majority of experts predicted that religion would lose its power and influence, we are currently experiencing a worldwide revival of religious sentiments.
The purpose of this study is to investigate how religion, politics, and security impact identity construction in France and Turkey. This study used critical discourse analysis and thematic narrative analysis to examine how the political elite produces narratives and impacts, citizens, in these two cases. According to the findings, the political elite of both countries exploits religious overtones in their speeches to secure votes, which produces ontological insecurity in individuals, thus, creating uncertainty about their identity. As a consequence, both of these counters are confronted with societal divisiveness as they attempt to balance secularism in their constitution and everyday life. (Less)
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author
Stancevic, Sara LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMZ11 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Religion, Ontological security, Secularism, Politics, France, Turkey
language
English
id
9090508
date added to LUP
2022-06-23 10:55:01
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2022-06-23 10:55:01
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  abstract     = {{Despite the fact that a great majority of experts predicted that religion would lose its power and influence, we are currently experiencing a worldwide revival of religious sentiments.
The purpose of this study is to investigate how religion, politics, and security impact identity construction in France and Turkey. This study used critical discourse analysis and thematic narrative analysis to examine how the political elite produces narratives and impacts, citizens, in these two cases. According to the findings, the political elite of both countries exploits religious overtones in their speeches to secure votes, which produces ontological insecurity in individuals, thus, creating uncertainty about their identity. As a consequence, both of these counters are confronted with societal divisiveness as they attempt to balance secularism in their constitution and everyday life.}},
  author       = {{Stancevic, Sara}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Role of Religion in Global Politics - The case of France and Turkey}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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