{"product_id":"the-turkishness-contract-paperback-2","title":"The Turkishness Contract - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBaris Ünlü\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Turkishness Contract\u003c\/i\u003e places Critical Race Theory in conversation with literature on Turkey and nation-state making via a historical study enriched by in-depth interviews. In this new English-language edition, Barış Ünlü makes a number of comprehensive changes to his widely read and much discussed 2018 Turkish book, including a new preface and a new sweeping and theoretical introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ünlü uses Critical Race Theory to present a historical-sociological model to examine not only the historical constitution and contemporary functioning of the Turkish nation-state, but also the affective and bodily modalities of being Turkish. He also develops a framework for rethinking the complex relations between the socio-genesis of the Turkish nation and state and the psycho-genesis of the Turkish people, their cognitive habits and emotional orientations, and the structural privileges and unconsciousness strategies of Turkishness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Turkishness Contract\u003c\/i\u003e addresses broader theoretical concerns including histories of colonialism, ethnic\/racial social contracts, privilege, Armenian Genocide and the Kurdish question, as well as the unraveling of Turkey's social contract at a moment of contemporary right-wing authoritarianism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003eCritical Race, Indigeneity, and Relationality \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarış Ünlü\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor, General Faculty, in the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47386582515961,"sku":"9781439924730","price":57.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SvFEygx_h99781439924730_f64e4fb4-43b8-46ce-ba01-33a7ffca7315.webp?v=1770189558","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-turkishness-contract-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}