Hikmet Kıvılcımlı is one of the most important intellectuals in the political movement of Turkey in
general and particularly in the socialist movement. Up to now, the number of academic-scientific
studies that have been conducted on Kıvılcımlı, who is a highly productive and unique thinker, are
inadequate. This study aimed at overcoming this inadequacy. In this study, which deals with Kıvılcımlı
as an intellectual, we tried to explain what we mean by using intellectual as a concept. Thus, it was
possible to determine under which conditions Kıvılcımlı could be positioned as an intellectual.
Kıvılcımlı is a socialist who is supposed to contribute to Marxism and has studied many sources, both
local and international. He also tried to make polemics with other socialists to be able to contribute to
the development of Marxism. He thought that a good communist should not ignore matters which are
important for society like religion, and should believe that they can contribute to Marxism. Kıvılcımlı
is a productive theoretician, but it is not a topic that has been adequately addressed to date. Therefore,
in the next section of the article, the conditions, and people thought to be effective in the intellectual
development of Kıvılcımlı were discussed. Kıvılcımlı’s writings on history and religion formed the basis
of his theoretical work. For this reason, on these two issues were examined and attempted to include the
thoughts of those who seemed to have a similar approach to Kıvılcımlı, and similarities were presented.
In the next section, considering the important turning points, Kıvılcımlı’s life was examined and tried
to understand under what conditions he produced his works. In this article, the original writings of
Kıvılcımlı were used and the secondary sources as well as the documents obtained from the Kıvılcımlı’s
archive in the International Social History Institute (IISH) in the Netherlands were examined.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Political Science |
Journal Section | International Journal of Political Science & Urban Studies |
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Publication Date | September 17, 2018 |
Submission Date | March 2, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 |