This article turns to the Sumerians to understand the emergence of certain root paradigms in political thought. The Sumerians, as in many other respects, have laid down the beginnings of political thought. The article examines political thought in the Sumerians based on the Sumerian King Epics and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Accordingly, the main trajectories of political thought in the Sumerians can be summarized in the following terms: City-state, civilization, first assemblies, political struggle and war, royal ideology, justice, the circle of justice. The aim of this article is to examine the emergence of the concept of justice in Sumerian political thought and its nature based on these terms. The Sumerians put forward a unique understanding of justice that would be effective from the beginning of written history until the Ottoman Empire, and the precursors of an understanding that would later be conceptualized as the “circle of justice.”
Bu makale siyasi düşüncede birtakım kök paradigmaların ortaya çıkışını anlamak amacıyla Sümer uygarlığına yöneliyor. Sümerler uygarlık tarihindeki pek çok yeniliğin yanı sıra siyasi düşüncenin başlangıçlarını da ortaya koymuşlardır. Sümer uygarlığında siyasi düşünceyi Sümer Kral Destanları, Gılgamış Destanı ve Gılgamış Hikâyeleri’nden, yani edebi ve mitolojik düşünceden hareketle inceleyen bu makale, şu siyasal kavramların izini sürmeye çalışmaktadır: Kent-devlet, uygarlık, ilk meclisler, siyasal mücadele ve savaş, kraliyet ideolojisi, adalet, adalet dairesi. Bu makalenin amacı söz konusu terimlerden yola çıkarak Sümer siyasi düşüncesinde adalet tasavvurunu ve niteliğini belirlemektir. Sümerler yazılı tarihin başlangıcından Osmanlı Devleti’ne kadar etkili olacak özgün bir adalet anlayışını ve sonradan “adalet dairesi” olarak kavramsallaştıracak bir anlayışın öncüllerini ortaya koymuşlardır.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Intellectual History of Politics |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 31, 2024 |
Submission Date | July 24, 2024 |
Acceptance Date | September 10, 2024 |
Published in Issue | Year 2024 Volume: 14 Issue: 2 |
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