TY  - JOUR
TT  - In Search of New Paradigms in Multiculturalism  Debates: Introduction to Özensel’s Rope Culture Model
AU  - Alkın, Ruhi Can
PY  - 2017
DA  - June
Y2  - 2017
DO  - 10.26466/opus.312632
JF  - OPUS International Journal of Society Researches
JO  - opus
PB  - İdeal Kent Yayınları
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2528-9527
SP  - 177
EP  - 192
VL  - 7
IS  - 12
KW  - Çokkültürlülük
KW  - Halat kültür
KW  - Türkiye
KW  - Orta doğu
N2  - Multiculturalismis one of the much-debated issues in the social sciences. Besides theoreticalbackground of the concept, there are also different multiculturalism modelskeep also practical dimensions. For example, models like Melting Pot, CulturalMosaic, Salad Bowl, etc. are generally referred when dealing with multiculturalimplementation within nations states. These are generally based on thesocio-political and cultural background of Western World, specifically the USand Canada. Of course, multiculturalism models abovementioned could partlydepict the implementations that would be evaluated as “multiculturalist” innon-Western societies. However, unique historical, cultural, politicalbackground of some of the non-Western countries and geographies encouragesocial scientists to develop original multiculturalism models. In the light ofthe arguments given above, current study proposes to shed light on one of thenewly developed multiculturalism models, so-called Rope Culture, by one of theTurkish sociology professors, Ertan Özensel. To introduce shortly, Özenselrecognized rope as a material that consists of many thinner strands. Thesestrands represent ethnic cultures living in the Middle East and Turkey. Özenselbelieves that despite many problems among these ethnic and religious groups,historical legacy among them create a strong rope and the power of this rope isbased on the power of unity. On the other hand, rope culture is the firstmulticulturalism model that centers on a ‘religion’, specifically Islam, unlikethe other mainstream models that are based on secular notion and theories.
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L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/317480
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