Diyalogta Yeni Konsept Değişikliği: "Medeniyetler İttifakı"

Year 2008, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 0 - 10, 15.01.2009

Ramazan Altıntaş

Abstract

 

In our lifetime we could speak about a clash exercising itself not among civilizations but through them. How is it possible to resist a structure produced by colonial powers on the base of clash? The unique way of accessing this aim is to comprehend the structure of western thinking, to decode its weak points and propose alternative projects. If we are capable of decoding its weakness and dilemmas, we would be considered a might prospective civilization not just for Muslim World but also for the West. In spite of the limitations and flaws of Muslim world, it is still in a position to present to humanity highly esteemed values such as tolerance, transparency, etc. Our aim is not to imitate the West nor to claim an alternative to the West. Ours is merely freedom of civilization. Nowadays we are very much in need of intellectuals feeding themselves with their own culture and also familiar with others.

Keywords

Dialogue, Alliance of Civilizations, Islamofobia, the other, freedom of civilizations.