Religion and Politics in Turkey

One of Serif Mardin's unique aspects as a sociologist is his studies that comprehensively analyze the socio-cultural existence of religion in Turkey, together with its historical and current political background. This attitude, which caused him to be ostracized by Kemalist intellectuals, made him a reference in Islamist circles, but these circles could not fully embrace him due to his calm approach to religion.
Serif Mardin, who is one of the leading names in our intellectual life due to his important contributions to the history of thought, religion and political sociology in Turkey, left the official interpretation of phenomena such as religion, modernization and Westernization, which have been on the agenda in our society for more than a century, and established opposition discourses, on social grounds and examines them with their background. Mardin's not being caught up in the "accepted" education and method shaped by the positivist Western thought combined with the dominant view in Turkey, his not putting the dynamics of social change into generally accepted patterns, and his staying away from the effects of the official ideology and Kemalist discourse, distinguishes him from a significant part of the "Republican intellectuals". and it requires placing all his works in a privileged place in our sociological world.



Number of Pages: 325

Year of Printing: 2004


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 325

First Printing Year: 2004

Language Turkish