As the discussion on
conservatism intensifies, it appears that the discussions of secularization
have also increased in relation to it. Undoubtedly, they also go parallel with
the political agenda. Whether in the attitudes of those who experience concerns
over the conservatism of Turkey or in the worries reflected in the claim that
the society is being conservatized within a political discourse, it can be
argued in both cases that the secularization is a central concept. This study
reflects as the continuation of Volkan Ertit’s discussion entitled as “The Age of Concerned Conservatives / Turkey
that Diverges from Religion” who was previously brought forward
with his criticism. This article carries the concern of refuting the arguments
laid down by Sağır in his earlier criticism against Volkan Ertit’s article
published in your journal as “Metaphysical-Centered
Secularization Concept Instead of Religion (Islam) Centered Secularization
Concept” Because the data which the writer exerted in his defense was used
upon the criticism of Sağır’s article entitled “A Prolegomena to the Age of Concerned Conservatives” Therefore, the
main concern in this study pursued an aim of bringing a new conceptual
discussion over the afore-mentioned article. In fact, the secularism
discussions that Ertit mentioned reflected the historical and cultural
accumulation of Turkish modernization over 200 years as well as European
modernization over 300 years. Because his direct inclusion of metaphysical
secularization into the process of historical and cultural memory reinforces
this claim. Therefore, it is meaningful that Ertit’s re-introduces the accumulation
in question over the concept of secularization and it is also worth discussing
in terms of his re-introduction of the final context of Turkish modernization.
However, the attempts to study the discussions on modernization that has a long
historical past with a new conceptual separation through “religious
secularization” and “metaphysical secularization” cast a shadow over the
accumulation in question. In this sense, there is a necessity to order the
points and methodological problems that were proven to be problematic in
Ertit’s study.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | June 30, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 2 Issue: 1 |