Political Horizon of Islamic Thought

Political Islamist thinkers argued that Islam has an inherently political character and demands a necessary relationship between religion and state. Political Islamism and contemporary Islamic theologies essentially refer to the ideas of the medieval Islamic world. Indeed, an in-depth evaluation of the thoughts and theses in question requires analysis of medieval Islamic thought. Zerrin Kurtoglu's work, written in clear language, responds to this need by addressing the religion-philosophy relations in the medieval Islamic world from the perspective of the problem of politics. Examining the "chronic" tension between religion and philosophy in this bright period of Islamic thought (in Farabi, Ghazali and Ibn Rushd) and the manifestation of this tension in the political field, Kurtoglu draws attention to a tradition that reduces politics to management (management game). A tradition that comes at the expense of the cancellation of the autonomous sphere of politics and the identification of morality and politics... Will this tradition of Islamic philosophy completely stifle politics and make it impossible? Otherwise, this philosophy's devotion to politics - perhaps to the degree of nature - but not to reason! - Does the importance he attaches to opinions and rhetoric open an opportunity for the specificity of the political field? In any case, problems regarding the Islam-politics relationship, reason and power should be sought in Islamic philosophy, not in Revelation.



Number of Pages: 296

Year of Printing: 2013


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Yayincilik

Number of Pages: 296

Year of First Printing: 2000

Language: Turkish