TY - BOOK AU - Ardic,Nurullah TI - Islam and the politics of secularism: the Caliphate and Middle Eastern modernization in the early 20th century T2 - SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East SN - 9780415671668 (hardback) PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Caliphate KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Islam and politics KW - Turkey KW - Secularism KW - Politics and government KW - 1909-1918 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [352]-377) and index; Islam and politics in the Middle East -- Modernization and Islam in the Ottoman Empire -- The Caliphate question: historical and discursive context -- Secularization of politics and discourse in the Caliphal center (1908-1916) -- World War I, European colonialism and the Caliphate's periphery (1914-1920) -- Abolition of the Caliphate: religious justification of a secular reform (1919-1924) -- Islam and modernity: confrontation or accommodation? ER -