Limits of Westernization

The Limits of Westernization analyzes the complex local uses of “the West” to explain how the United States could become both the best and the worst in the Turkish political imagination. Gürel traces how ideas about westernization and America have influenced national history writing and policy making, as well as everyday affects and identities.

Limitele occidentalizarii analizeaza utilizarile locale complexe ale „Occidentului” pentru a explica modul in care Statele Unite ar putea deveni atat cele mai bune, cat si cele mai rele din imaginatia politica turceasca. Gurel urmareste modul in care ideile despre occidentalizare si America au influentat scrierea istoriei nationale si elaborarea politicilor, precum si asupra afectelor si identitatilor cotidiene.