Alevi Pasts in the Present: Rethinking Epistemologies and Narratives
This introduction positions the special issue Alevi Pasts Contested as an intervention in the ongoing effort to rethink Alevi tradition by foregrounding the plurality, dynamism, and situated character of imaginations related to the history of the Alevis. It argues that epistemological frameworks sha...
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European journal of Turkish studies
2026
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| Samenvatting: | This introduction positions the special issue Alevi Pasts Contested as an intervention in the ongoing effort to rethink Alevi tradition by foregrounding the plurality, dynamism, and situated character of imaginations related to the history of the Alevis. It argues that epistemological frameworks shaped by Orientalist and nationalist paradigms, as well as ethnographic and diaspora research, have produced enduring binaries (e.g., oral vs. written, heterodox vs. orthodox, rural vs. urban) that long have structured the study of Alevism. It shows how contemporary scholarship has begun to unsettle them by drawing on neglected sources such as Alevi manuscripts, poetic traditions, ritual practices, and ethnohistorical methods. |
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