Civilization Archives | Contending Modernities

Building a Civilization State

Supriya Gandhi
May 15, 2024May 15, 2024

Hindu nationalists infuse this notion of Indian civilization with a markedly Hindu character. Often adopting a decolonial rhetoric, they portray past Muslim rulers as colonial oppressors.

Why are We Still Talking about the “Clash of Civilizations”? Anne Norton and the Search for the Andalusias of Modernity

Series: Mirza Family Chair Inaugural Symposium

Atalia Omer
January 31, 2023January 27, 2024

Norton’s book illuminates the dynamics of sexual politics and how they operate to exclude, securitize, and otherize Muslims.

Turkey, White Supremacy, and the Clash of Civilizations

Series: Christchurch and Beyond

Perin Gürel
July 10, 2019August 7, 2019

At the intersection of civilizational discourses and obsession with reproductive purity, one finds a toxic passion for an imagined Medieval past and an obsession with the Ottoman Empire/Turkey that echoes the “Clash of Civilizations” rhetoric.