Türkiye'de Demokrasiyi Yeni Bir Yurttaşlık Anlayışıyla Düşünmek: Tekno-Bilimsel Yurttaşlık

Year 2016, Volume: 71 Issue: 1, 33 - 72, 15.03.2016

Semih Eker

https://doi.org/10.1501/SBFder_0000002384

Abstract

Günümüzde tartışılan önemli konulardan biri bilimsel ve teknolojik gelişmenin demokrasiye
etkisidir. Genel olarak bu etkileşimin sonuçlarına ilişkin iki görüş öne çıkmaktadır. İlk görüşe göre elde
edilen teknolojik imkanlarla bilginin daha geniş ve kolay biçimde paylaşımı gerçekleşmiş ve böylece
eskisinden daha katılımcı bir demokrasi elde edilmiştir. İkinci görüşe göre ise teknolojiye ulaşamayan çok
geniş bir kesimin varlığı ve siyasetin neredeyse tamamen bilimsel ve teknik bir faaliyet haline geldiği
düşünülürse katılımcı demokrasiyi yeniden düşünmek gerekmektedir. Bu görüşü savunanlar, günümüzde
ekonomi, kentleşme, çevre, halk sağlığı, enerji, endüstriyel tarım, gıda, bilim ve teknoloji gibi alanlarda kalıcı
ve kapsamlı politikalar üretilememesini bilimsel fakat toplumsal desteği olmayan siyasete bağlamakta ve
çözümü bilimsel ve teknik olanla toplumsal olanın dengeli etkileşiminin gerçekleştiği bir kamusal alanda ve
bu alanı inşa edecek yeni bir yurttaşlık anlayışında görmektedirler. Bu anlayışı bireyin teknolojik toplumdaki
hak ve sorumluluklarının genel çerçevesini çizen tekno-bilimsel yurttaşlık anlayışı şeklinde ifade etmek
mümkündür. Bu çalışmada tekno-bilimsel yurttaşlık anlayışının bir teknolojik toplum haline gelen Türkiye
için önemi, anlamı ve muhtemel içeriği ele alınacaktır.

Keywords

Yurttaşlık, Demokrasi, Teknolojik Toplum, Politika, Tekno-bilimsel Yurttaşlık

Thinking About Democracy with a New Understanding of Citizenship in Turkey: Techno-Scientific Citizenship

Abstract

One of the important issues discussed today is the impact of scientific and technological progress to democracy. Generally, two views stand out on the consequences of these interactions. According to the first opinion, by technological means, wider and easier sharing of information occurred and thus democracies have become more participatory. According to the second opinion, there is a wide range of population that cannot be reached technology, and at the same time politics has become almost a purely scientific and technical activity. For this reason, rethinking democracy is necessary. Proponents of this view assert that today permanent and comprehensive political solutions cannot be found in economy, science and technology, environment, public health, energy, agribusiness, nutrition etc. According to them, the reason of this is politics that lack of social support, and the solution is a new citizen type and public sphere where the interaction between scientific-technological and social is happened. Techno-scientific citizenship is a new perspective to construct new citizen and new democratic and well-informed public sphere. In this paper, it’s examined that the importance, meaning and the possible content of techno-scientific citizenship for Turkey

Keywords

Citizenship, Democracy, Technological Society, Politics, Techno-scientific Citizenship

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