1. Teoloji Politikten Ekonomi Politiğe Bir İlmiye Erbabı: Vânî Mehmed Efendi.
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EBİNÇ, Sait
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SOCIOLOGICAL imagination , *POLITICAL science , *INTELLECTUAL history , *ECONOMIC history , *SEVENTEENTH century , *IMAGINATION , *OTTOMAN Empire - Abstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the intellectual mindset of the declining ilmiyye class in the 17th century through the life of Vânî Mehmed Efendi, a figure much discussed in the texts and proposals of the period, who belonged to the Ottoman ilmiyye class. While monographic and biographical studies on the Ottoman ilmiyye typically focus on theology, jurisprudence, and exegesis, works on Vânî Mehmed Efendi are also concentrated in these areas. Analyses that utilize the multi-perspective approaches of political theory, economic history, intellectual history, and the sociology of religion are limited when examining the mindset of a period. Therefore, this article aims to contribute to the field with a holistic analysis within a multi-perspective approach. In this article, besides Vânî Mehmed Efendi's own works, texts written both in favor and against him have been analyzed. The claims and allegations in these texts are evaluated by placing Vânî Efendi's biography within the economic, social, and political conditions of the time, based on Wright Mills' theory of sociological imagination. Epistemologically, one cannot expect a direct overlap between a historical figure and the information written or attributed about them. The method involves critically examining the definitions and concepts that the human mind must process to find truth, organizing them systematically, and placing them in their historical and social context to analyze the mindset of the period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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