Religion Society And Modernity In Turkey

Author : Serif Mardin
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0815628102

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Religion, Society, and Modernity in Turkey by Serif Mardin Pdf

This book collects Serif Mardin’s seminal essays written throughout the span of his prolific career. Comprising some of the author’s finest and most incisive writings, these essays deal with the historical background, political travails, and socioeconomic metamorphosis of Turkey during a century of modernization. With his characteristic sophistication and breadth of vision, Mardin provides readers with a remarkably objective analysis of ideology, civil society, religion, urban life, and violence in late Ottoman and Republican Turkey. Mardin moves easily from sociological topics on violence and class-consciousness to the history of the Ottoman Empire, and the philosophy and culture of modern Turkey within the greater Middle East. These influential pieces—collected for the first time in one volume—represent an invaluable addition to the field of Middle East studies.

Author : B. Silverstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230117037

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Islam and Modernity in Turkey by B. Silverstein Pdf

In contrast to much of the Muslim world, a majority of Turks consider Islam to be primarily a matter of personal choice and private belief. How did such an arrangement come about? Moreover, most observant Muslims in Turkey do not see such a conception and practice of Islam as illegitimate. Why not? Islam and Modernity in Turkey addresses these questions through an ethnographic study of Islamic discourses and practices and their articulation with mass media in Turkey, against the background of late Ottoman and early Republican precedents. This ground-breaking book sheds new light on issues of commensurability and difference in culture, religion, and history, and reformulates our understanding of Islam, secularism, and public life in Turkey, the Muslim world, and Europe.

Author : Şerif Mardin
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438411897

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Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey by Şerif Mardin Pdf

Author : Ali Bardakoğlu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UOM:39015067832272

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Religion and Society by Ali Bardakoğlu Pdf

Author : Gokhan Bacik
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030259013

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Islam and Muslim Resistance to Modernity in Turkey by Gokhan Bacik Pdf

This book explores how traditional Sunni Muslim conceptions have informed or shaped Islamization strategies in contemporary Turkey. In particular, the author proposes to examine the teaching curriculum of the Ministry of Education, which oversees Turkish public religious education; the activities and teachings of Diyanet, the constitutional organ responsible for managing all religious affairs; and the ideas and activities of three Muslim religious groups currently operating in Turkey. The monograph explains how the interpretation and practice of Islam affects various situations in the Muslim world and analyzes the concept of nature in Islam, which has been an indivisible component of Islamic tradition since the beginning.

Author : Niyazi Berkes
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0415919835

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The Development of Secularism in Turkey by Niyazi Berkes Pdf

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Şerif Mardin
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0887069967

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Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey by Şerif Mardin Pdf

Annotation Mardin (public administration, Bogazigi University, Istanbul) uses the example of the fundamentalist Islamic followers of Nursi (1876-1960) to show the interaction between religion and society. He follows parallel development in such fields as the world communications revolution, political and social reform, intellectual development and religious history. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Emir Kaya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Islam and politics
ISBN : 1350987972

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Secularism and State Religion in Modern Turkey by Emir Kaya Pdf

"The Diyanet, the official face of Islam in Turkey, is the 'Presidency of Religious Affairs', a governmental department established in 1924 after the break-up of the Ottoman Empire and the abolition of Caliphate. In this book, Emir Kaya offers an in-depth multidisciplinary analysis of this vital institution. Focusing on the role of the Diyanet in society, Kaya explores the balance the institution has to strike between the Muslim traditions of the Turkish population and the secular creed of the Turkish state. By examining the various laws that either bolstered or hindered the Diyanet's budgets and activities, Kaya highlights the institutional mindsets of the Diyanet membership. He also evaluates its successes and failures as a state department that must consistently operate within the context of the religiosity of Turkish society. By situating all of this within the two competing - but often complimentary - concepts of religion and secularism, Kaya offers a book that is important for those researching the interplay of Islam and the state in Turkey and beyond."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Author : A. Özdemir,Kenneth Frank
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230286894

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Visible Islam in Modern Turkey by A. Özdemir,Kenneth Frank Pdf

Visible Islam in Modern Turkey presents a rich panorama of Islamic practices in today's Turkey. The authors, one a Muslim and one a Christian, introduce readers to Turkish Islamic piety and observances. The book is also a model for Muslims, for it interprets the foundations of Islam to the modern mind and shows the relevance of Turkish Islamic practices to modern society. Packed with data and insights, it appeals to a variety of circles, both secular and traditional.

Author : Gerrit Steunebrink,Evert van der Zweerde
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9042016655

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Civil Society, Religion, and the Nation by Gerrit Steunebrink,Evert van der Zweerde Pdf

Japan, Russia, and Turkey are major examples of countries with different ethnic, religious, and cultural background that embarked on the path of modernization without having been colonized by a Western country. In all three cases, national consciousness has played a significant role in this context. The project of Modernity is obviously of European origin, but is it essentially European? Does modernization imply loss of a country's cultural or national identity? If so, what is the "fate" of the modernization process in these cases? The presence of the idea and reality of civil society can be considered a real marker of Modernity in this respect, because it presupposes the development of liberalism, individualism and human rights. But are these compatible with nationalism and with the idea of a national religion? These questions are the more pressing, as Japan is considered part of the Western world in many respects, and Russia and Turkey are defining their relation to the European Union in different ways. An investigation of these three countries, set off against more general reflections, sheds light on the possibilities or limitations of modernization n a non-European context.

Author : B. Silverstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230117037

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Islam and Modernity in Turkey by B. Silverstein Pdf

In contrast to much of the Muslim world, a majority of Turks consider Islam to be primarily a matter of personal choice and private belief. How did such an arrangement come about? Moreover, most observant Muslims in Turkey do not see such a conception and practice of Islam as illegitimate. Why not? Islam and Modernity in Turkey addresses these questions through an ethnographic study of Islamic discourses and practices and their articulation with mass media in Turkey, against the background of late Ottoman and early Republican precedents. This ground-breaking book sheds new light on issues of commensurability and difference in culture, religion, and history, and reformulates our understanding of Islam, secularism, and public life in Turkey, the Muslim world, and Europe.

Author : Ali Çarkoğlu,Binnaz Toprak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fundamentalism
ISBN : UOM:39015072784294

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Religion, Society and Politics in a Changing Turkey by Ali Çarkoğlu,Binnaz Toprak Pdf

Author : Sibel Bozdogan,Resat Kasaba
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295800189

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Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey by Sibel Bozdogan,Resat Kasaba Pdf

In the first two decades after W.W.II, social scientist heralded Turkey as an exemplar of a 'modernizing' nation in the Western mold. Images of unveiled women working next to clean-shaven men, healthy children in school uniforms, and downtown Ankara's modern architecture all proclaimed the country's success. Although Turkey's modernization began in the late Ottoman era, the establishment of the secular nation-state by Kemal Ataturk in 1923 marked the crystallization of an explicit, elite-driven 'project of modernity' that took its inspiration exclusively from the West. The essays in this book are the first attempt to examine the Turkish experiment with modernity from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the fields of history, the social sciences, the humanities, architecture, and urban planning. As they examine both the Turkish project of modernity and its critics, the contributors offer a fresh, balanced understanding of dilemmas now facing not only Turkey but also many other parts of the Middle East and the world at large.

Author : Elisabeth Ozdalga
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136108747

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The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey by Elisabeth Ozdalga Pdf

In the Turkish elections of December 1995, the Islamic Welfare Party became the biggest Party in parliament and for the first time in history, an Islamic party had come to power by means of free elections. The rise to power of the Turkish Islamists is a result of several decades of revivalism. In this process the veil has been a prominent symbol of the new religious puritanism, causing resentment among those who regard the bare-headed woman as the symbol of progress and emancipation. In the light of a century-long conflict between secularism and popular Islam, the present study describes the conflict over the veil as it became a burning issue in the decade following the military intervention of 1980 and remains to this day a matter of controversy. While focusing on the issue of veiling, the author also considers the wider picture of tension between official secularism and popular Islam in present-day Turkey. Although this tension is not discounted, the author argues that the fact that the Islamic movement is on the rise does not mean that it threatens the very foundations of modern Turkish society. Whereas the controversies of the nineteenth century could be described as a 'clash of civilizations' (between Islam and the West), those of today have shrunk into conflicts over certain cultural symbols that are part of the same globally-expanding technological civilization.

Author : John Valk,Halis Albayrak,Mualla Selçuk
Publisher : Springer
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319667515

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An Islamic Worldview from Turkey by John Valk,Halis Albayrak,Mualla Selçuk Pdf

This book is a journey into the heart of an Islamic worldview. It asks challenging questions of far-reaching consequence, addressing matters such as the Qur’an and revelation; rituals and symbols embraced; nature of God, of humans, and of our knowing; dignity of the human, sacredness of life, and more. It precludes easy, prescribed answers, preferring instead thoughtful reflection on two basic questions: What does it mean to love God? What does it mean to be a good person? Carefully crafted responses are presented by a group of scholars from Qur’an Studies, Worldview Studies, Women’s Studies, Cultural Studies and Religious Education. It uncovers a dynamic understanding of Islam; one that meets challenges of the present, counters harsh criticisms, and breathes new life into a rich and longstanding tradition that continues to impact the lives of billions of people around the world.