Druidism, Tengrism, Taaraism: Current Reactivations of Ancient Spiritualities and Religions, From Identity to Politics
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Samim Akgönül and Anne-Laure Zwilling
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NORTHERN EUROPE: REACTIVATION AS POLITICS
A Pagan Eco-fascism? The Ecological Thinking of Aleksey ‘Dobroslav’ Dobrovolsky 19
Adrien Nonjon
Stereotyping Estonian Pagans: Right-Wing Extremists or Tree Huggers from the Forest? 39
Ringo Ringvee
Note on the Romuva Movement in Lithuania. 53
Massimo Introvigne
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FRANCE AND TURKEY: REACTIVATION AS REACTIVE IDENTITY
Our Longest Memory.” Indo-European Paganism as the Foundation of the Ethnopolitics of the French “Identitarian Movement”. 63
Stéphane François
Atheism, Theism, and Reactivation in Turkey Irreligiosity in a Secular State Under an Islamist Conservative Regime. 75
Samim Akgönül
Align the “Ancient One” with Our Lives: Analysing the Resurgence of An Ancient Cult to Shed Light on Contemporary Religiosity in Turkey. 87
Kerem Görkem Arslan
Comeback of Witchcraft: Thoughts from France. 111
Damien Karbovnik
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ART: A NEW COUNTRY FOR REACTIVATION
The Search for Spirituality and Beauty: New Ways of Religiosity among Artists and Intellectuals from Dersim/Tunceli 131
Martin Greve
Performance Art as a Ritual of Reviving Pagan Religions. 149
Elif Dastarlı and İlkay Canan Okkalı
Conclusion. 161
Samim Akgönül and Anne Laure Zwilling
About the author
Samim Akgönül (PhD 2001), Historian and Political scientist, Professor of Turkish studies, is the Director of the Department of Turkish Studies of the University of Strasbourg and co-coordinator of “Religions and Pluralism” research team of French National Center for Scientific Research (DRES). He also co-leads the research team working on “Analysis of contemporary issues in European societies: inequalities, mobility, risks” of the Interdisciplinary Thematic Institute “Making European Society”. His research focuses mainly on the political history of Turkey and minorities, especially non-Muslim minorities in Turkey, Muslim minorities in the Balkans and the “new minorities” related to Turkey in Western Europe. His most recent books are 100 Years of Greek-Turkish Relations: The Human Dimension of an Ongoing Conflict, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2023; La Modernité turque : adaptations et constructions dans le processus de modernisation ottoman et turc (ed.), Istanbul, ISIS, 2022; La Turquie « nouvelle » et les Franco-Turcs : une interdépendance complexe, Paris, L’Harmatan, 2020.
Anne-Laure Zwilling is an established researcher of the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS) at the joint research unit Droit, Religion, Entreprise, Société of the University of Strasbourg, where she is the director of several international research projects. She holds a PhD in religious sciences and a habilitation in religious anthropology. Her fields of interest are religious minorities in France and Europe, and religious founding texts. Her recent publications include Religion and Prison: State Governance and Social Issues. A European Comparative Overview, Springer, 2020 (ed., with Julia Martinez-Ariño); Non-religion in contemporary societies. Institutional and legal perspectives, Springer 2022 (ed., with Helge Årsheim); Contemporary Challenges to the Regulation of Religions in Europe, Porto: U. Porto Press, 2023 (ed., with Helena Vilaça and Maria João Oliveira).
