1869, Ep. 149 with Güneş Murat Tezcür, author of Liminal Minorities

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774683/liminal-minorities/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/tysBjMaA_aPb7lhGtZyREw9ZFto?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Güneş Murat Tezcür, author of the new book Liminal Minorities: Religious Difference and Mass Violence in Muslim Societies. Güneş Murat Tezcür is the Director of the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Muslim Reformers in Iran and Turkey and the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics. We spoke to Güneş about why some religious minorities provoke the ire of majoritarian groups and become targets of organized violence; how religious stigmatization and political resentment motivate ordinary people to participate in mass atrocities; and, some of the heartbreaking stories that Güneş documented in his research.