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CRITICISM OF WESTERN CULTURE IN THE WORKS OF CEMIL MERIÇ AND ALI SHARIATI.
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Gümüshane University Electronic Journal of the Institute of Social Science / Gümüshane Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Elektronik Dergisi . 2017, Vol. 8 Issue 21, p248-258. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This paper is an attempt to describe the contemporary debates in sociology in the context of Ali Shariati and Cemil Meriç who are significant but not popular scholars of the Eastern intellectual world by making comparison with some Western thinkers and issues. In this way, it is dealt with some typical modern sociological matters and criticise indirectly the West-oriented worldview. For this purpose, it is also focused on the question of how the Eastern scholars approach some debates from objectivity to value-judgment; from equality to class conflict; from religion to freedom; from genocide to the problem of intellectuality; and from security to power. At this point it should be underlined that the concepts East and West do not refer to geographical distance but to socio-cultural and ideological differentiation. It is not coincidence that these differentiations are portrayed in the context of essential scholars like Cemil Meriç and Ali Shariati who both internalise the West and, despite this, turn their faces to the East because these two thinkers have significant worth and background in reaching the roots of this civilisation and in constructing the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *WESTERN civilization
*SOCIOLOGY
*SOCIOCULTURAL factors
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13097423
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Gümüshane University Electronic Journal of the Institute of Social Science / Gümüshane Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Elektronik Dergisi
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125345779