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    Ankara, Tehran, Baghdad
    Thesis Eleven 121 (1): 57-75. 2014.
    Kemalism has been the guiding and justifying ideology of the Turkish Republic since its institution in 1923. That Kemalism is exclusive to Turkey is a mainstay of Kemalist self-perception. But was (or is) Kemalism as political practice pursued by other regimes in the region? This paper argues that Kemalism should also be understood as a project of urbanism, and that urban interventions into Ankara, Tehran and Baghdad in the 20th century transformed all three into Kemalist cities. To illustrate, …Read more
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    Phenomenology in Anthropology: A Sense of Perspective (edited book)
    with Kalpana Ram
    Indiana University Press. 2015.
    This volume explores what phenomenology adds to the enterprise of anthropology, drawing on and contributing to a burgeoning field of social science research inspired by the phenomenological tradition in philosophy. Essays by leading scholars ground their discussions of theory and method in richly detailed ethnographic case studies. The contributors broaden the application of phenomenology in anthropology beyond the areas in which it has been most influential—studies of sensory perception, emotio…Read more
  •  21
    Tribute to Joel Kahn
    Tandf: Critical Horizons 20 (1): 99-102. 2019.
    Volume 20, Issue 1, February 2019, Page 99-102.
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    Why social scientists still need phenomenology
    Thesis Eleven 168 (1): 37-54. 2022.
    Pierre Bourdieu famously dismissed phenomenology as offering anything useful to a critical science of society – even as he drew heavily upon its themes in his own work. This paper makes a case for why Bourdieu’s judgement should not be the last word on phenomenology. To do so it first reanimates phenomenology’s evocative language and concepts to illustrate their continuing centrality to social scientists’ ambitions to apprehend human engagement with the world. Part II shows how two crucial insig…Read more
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    Reviews (review)
    Thesis Eleven 73 (1): 136-139. 2003.
  • Introduction : Phenomenology's Methodological Invitation
    with Kalpana Ram
    In Kalpana Ram & Christopher Houston (eds.), Phenomenology in Anthropology: A Sense of Perspective, Indiana University Press. 2015.