THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND STATE IN KUTADGU BILIG: TO BE HAPPY IN BOTH WORLDS

Volume: 5 Number: 1 January 1, 2016
  • Nejat Doğan
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND STATE IN KUTADGU BILIG: TO BE HAPPY IN BOTH WORLDS

Abstract

The article makes a critical introduction to the studies on Kutadgu Bilig and puts forward its political theory on the relationship between religion and state, which is one of the critical issues for Central-Asian, Turkic, and Islamic nations. Analyzing the relationship between religion and state is necessary toward having this issue not to further consume the energy of these nations and therefore opening up the future. Kutadgu Bilig, which is a politic-theoretical and philosophical treasure, approaches to religion and state as two autonomous realms - the realms that one must not control the other. Although religion and state can support each other whenever necessary, they should not merge so as to create a theocratic government. This is necessary for both religion to keep its innocence and the state its functionality. Yusuf Has Hacib, toward explaining this political theory, defines two distinct ethical approaches: the ethics of statesman and the ethics of pious man. For both statesman and pious man, not only the physical world and the other (spiritual) world are real, but it is possible to be happy in both worlds, provided that they sincerely do what their social positions and vocations require them to do

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Primary Language

Turkish

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Authors

Nejat Doğan This is me

Publication Date

January 1, 2016

Submission Date

January 1, 2016

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Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 5 Number: 1

APA
Doğan, N. (2016). Kutadgu Bilig’de Din ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 5(1), 113-131. https://izlik.org/JA73DZ28FT
AMA
1.Doğan N. Kutadgu Bilig’de Din ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak. MJSS. 2016;5(1):113-131. https://izlik.org/JA73DZ28FT
Chicago
Doğan, Nejat. 2016. “Kutadgu Bilig’de Din Ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 5 (1): 113-31. https://izlik.org/JA73DZ28FT.
EndNote
Doğan N (January 1, 2016) Kutadgu Bilig’de Din ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 5 1 113–131.
IEEE
[1]N. Doğan, “Kutadgu Bilig’de Din ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak”, MJSS, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 113–131, Jan. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA73DZ28FT
ISNAD
Doğan, Nejat. “Kutadgu Bilig’de Din Ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 5/1 (January 1, 2016): 113-131. https://izlik.org/JA73DZ28FT.
JAMA
1.Doğan N. Kutadgu Bilig’de Din ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak. MJSS. 2016;5:113–131.
MLA
Doğan, Nejat. “Kutadgu Bilig’de Din Ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 113-31, https://izlik.org/JA73DZ28FT.
Vancouver
1.Nejat Doğan. Kutadgu Bilig’de Din ve Devlet İlişkisi: İki Dünyada Da Mutlu Olmak. MJSS [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 1;5(1):113-31. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA73DZ28FT

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