The Making of a Postsecular Society

Reviews / Votes

'In this posthumous work, Rosati turns received wisdom on its head and makes the case for Turkey as a truly post-secular society - and one Europe would do well to study and learn from. He allows us to envision the growth of a true pluralism of nations, ethnicities, religiously obliged and secular individuals and a cultural diversity that gives new meaning to the concept of neo-Ottomanism.' - Adam B. Seligman, Boston University, USA and Director of CEDAR - Communities Engaging with Difference and Religion

'A sympathetic and gripping sociological account of the deep diversity and plurality of contemporary Turkey. Balancing delicately brilliant Durkheimian theoretical analysis with thick ethnographic description Rosati illuminates the emergence of a post-secular Turkish society as it tries to reshape a new identity beyond military authoritarianism and the dead-ends of secularist and religious fundamentalisms.' - Jose Casanova, Georgetown University, USA

'Massimo Rosati's book is a novel contribution for understanding the complexities of the Turkish political landscape, the post-Kemalist turn, merging religious/secular value systems, and irruption of tragic memories of the past. In the making of a postsecular society the modernist distinctions, symbolic meanings, polarizations and separations are blurred. Rosati not only opens-up our readings of secular modernity to social innovation, he furthermore displaces social theory beyond its western borders. He sets an example for the coming generations for a new intellectual style, inquiring emancipatory potential in unconventional places and practices.' - Niluefer Goele, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France