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Teopolitik ve Eskatolojik İnançların Modern Siyaset ve Uluslararası Güvenlik Üzerindeki Rolü

Year 2025, Issue: 6, 157 - 186, 21.03.2025
https://doi.org/10.62156/habitus.1572221

Abstract

Bu makale, teopolitik kavramını merkezine alarak, dinî inançların ve eskatolojik beklentilerin modern siyaset ve uluslararası güvenlik üzerindeki etkilerini derinlemesine incelemektedir. Nitekim, teopolitik, dinî ideolojilerin toplumsal ve siyasi yapılar üzerindeki etkilerini anlamak için geliştirilmiş bir disiplindir, çünkü kavramsal olarak din ve siyasetin kesişim noktasında yer almaktadır. Bu bağlamda, makale, Armagedon savaşı gibi kıyamet senaryolarının dinî ve siyasi liderler tarafından nasıl araçsallaştırıldığını ve bu kavramın küresel güvenlik üzerindeki etkilerini değerlendirmektedir. Özellikle, Hristiyanlık, İslam ve Yahudilik gibi büyük dinlerin eskatolojik beklentileri, toplumsal ve siyasal yapıları şekillendiren önemli faktörlerdir ve çoğu kez uluslararası güvenlik ortamının ve gelişmelerin anlaşılmasında kıymetli ipuçları vermektedir. Zira, zamanın her döneminde yaygın biçimde sahip olunan eskatolojik inanışlar ve bu hususta bilinçaltı müktesebatlarına nüfuz eden kabul gören anlayışlar, ulusal güvenlik politikalarını ve uluslararası ilişkileri etkileyen bir dinamik olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu kapsamda, makale, zaman şümul bir perspektifle teopolitik kavramının dinî eskatolojik beklentilerle nasıl şekillendiğini ve bu beklentilerin iç ve dış politikalar ile uluslararası güvenlik üzerindeki etkilerini açıklamayı hedeflemektedir. Çünkü dinî inançların ve eskatolojik beklentilerin siyasi stratejilerde nasıl kullanıldığını anlamak, günümüz küresel güvenlik ortamını anlamada kritik bir unsurdur. Bundan dolayı, çalışmada bilhassa Hristiyanlık, İslam ve Yahudilik gibi büyük dinlerin eskatolojik inançlarının politik süreçlerde nasıl bir rol oynadığı ve bu dinamiklerin küresel güvenlik üzerindeki etkileri analiz edilerek, politik hadiselerin anlaşılması ve yorumlanmasında teopolitik incelemelerin önemi vurgulanmaktadır.

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The Role of Theopolitics and Eschatological Beliefs on Modern Politics and International Security

Year 2025, Issue: 6, 157 - 186, 21.03.2025
https://doi.org/10.62156/habitus.1572221

Abstract

This article deeply examines the effects of religious beliefs and eschatological expectations on modern politics and international security, with the concept of theopolitics at its core. Indeed, theopolitics is a discipline developed to understand the impact of religious ideologies on social and political structures, as it conceptually lies at the intersection of religion and politics. In this context, the article evaluates how eschatological scenarios, such as the Battle of Armageddon, are instrumentalized by religious and political leaders and their impact on global security. Particularly, the eschatological expectations of major religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are significant factors shaping social and political structures, often providing valuable insights into the understanding of the international security environment and developments. Indeed, eschatological beliefs, widely held throughout history, and the accepted understandings that have infiltrated the subconscious, have emerged as a dynamic influencing national security policies and international relations. In this context, the article aims to explain how the concept of theopolitics, shaped by religious eschatological expectations, influences both domestic and foreign policies as well as international security from a time-inclusive perspective. Understanding how religious beliefs and eschatological expectations are used in political strategies is a critical element in understanding the current global security environment. Therefore, the study particularly emphasizes how the eschatological beliefs of major religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism play a role in political processes, and through analyzing the effects of these dynamics on global security, underscores the importance of theopolitical analysis in understanding and interpreting political events.

References

  • Arjomand, S. A. (1988). The turban for the crown: The Islamic revolution in Iran, England: Oxford University Press.
  • Aune, D. E. (2003). Apocalypticism, prophecy, and magic in early Christianity: Collected essays, Germany: Mohr Siebeck.
  • Ayoub, M. M. (1978). Redemptive suffering in Islam: A study of the devotional aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism, Germany: Mouton Publishers.
  • Balmer, R. H. (2006). Thy kingdom come: How the religious right distorts the faith and threatens America, NY: Basic Books.
  • Barkun, M. (2013). The end of days: Armageddon and the apocalypse in the Middle Ages, NY: Cornell University Press.
  • Baudrillard, J. (2001). The spirit of terrorism, NY: Verso.
  • Boyer, P. S. (1992). When time shall be no more: Prophecy belief in modern American culture, MA: Belknap Press.
  • Braniff, M., Ryan, A. (2018). The geopolitics of the Middle East: The role of the eschatological rhetoric, England: Routledge.
  • Cary, F. (2009). The Middle East and the Persian Gulf as the gateway to imperial crisis – The Bush Administration in Iraq. In: David Ryan, Patrick Kiely (Hrsg.): America and Iraq – Policy-Making, Intervention, and Regional Politics, London: Routledge.
  • Cavanaugh, W. T. (2011). Migrations of the holy: God, state, and the political meaning of the church. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
  • Cohn, N. (1993). The pursuit of the millennium: Revolutionary millenarians and mystical anarchists of the Middle Ages, England: Oxford University Press.
  • Cook, D. (2002). Studies in Muslim apocalyptic. Maidstone, England: Darwin Press.
  • Daley, B. E. (2009). The hope of the early church: A handbook of patristic eschatology, MI: Baker Academic.
  • Djupe, P. A., Calfano, B. R. (2019). Communication dynamics in religion and politics. In Oxford research encyclopedia of politics, NY: Oxford University Press. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.682
  • Esposito, J. L. (2003). The Islamic world: The history and culture of Islam and the Muslims, England: Oxford University Press.
  • Fischer, M. J. (1980). Iran: From religious dispute to revolution, Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • Frykholm, A. (2004a). Rapture culture: Left behind in evangelical America, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Frykholm, A. (2004b). The gospel of Israel: Christian Zionism and the role of the Jews in the end times, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Gerges, F. A. (2014). The Obama doctrine: American grand strategy in the Middle East, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Gorenberg, G. (2000). The end of days: Fundamentalism and the struggle for the Temple Mount, England: Oxford University Press.
  • Gundry, R. H. (1997). Commentary on Revelation, MI: Baker Academic.
  • Harris, S. (2006). The end of faith: Religion, terror, and the future of reason, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.
  • Huntington, S. P. (1996). The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order, NY: Simon & Schuster.
  • Ibrahim, S. E. (1989). Islamic resurgence in Egypt, CT: Praeger.
  • Juergensmeyer, M. (2000). Terror in the mind of God: The global rise of religious violence, CA: University of California Press.
  • Juergensmeyer, M. (2017). Terror in the mind of God: The global rise of religious violence, CA: University of California Press.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Sociology (Other)
Journal Section Review
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Murat Şengöz 0000-0001-6597-0161

Publication Date March 21, 2025
Submission Date October 23, 2024
Acceptance Date January 2, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Issue: 6

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APA Şengöz, M. (2025). Teopolitik ve Eskatolojik İnançların Modern Siyaset ve Uluslararası Güvenlik Üzerindeki Rolü. Habitus Toplumbilim Dergisi(6), 157-186. https://doi.org/10.62156/habitus.1572221

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