Turkish Modernity and Epistemic Communities in the Social Sciences: Transfer of Intellectual Knowledge among Religion and Science?

Year 2016, Volume: 6 Issue: 10, 181 - 199, 01.06.2016

Ruhi Can Alkın

Abstract

In this study, transformation process of epistemic communities in modern Turkey, which helps us understanding the imagined conflict among science and religion, will be issued and the problematic regarding an assumed competition among religion and science will be focused on. In doing so, it is proposed to illustrate the unique model of religious intellectual manner in Turkey, which both embraces religion and science without problematizing them as the conflict areas. At the end of the study, it is proposed to clarify the relationship among modernity, religion, intellectual knowledge and scientific language in specific to modern Turkish history

Keywords

Religion, Science, Epistemic Communities, Intellectual Knowledge

Türk Modernleşmesi ve Sosyal Bilimlerde Epistemik Cemaatler: Entelektüel Bilginin Bilim ve Din Arasında Transferi mi?

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye’de bilim ve din arasında var olduğu düşünülen çatışmayı anlamaya yardımcı olacak olan epistemik cemaatler arasındaki geçiş süreci konu edilecek ve bilimle din arasında yaşandığı varsayılan çatışma üzerinde odaklanılacaktır. Bu yolla, Türkiye’de entelektüel çabanın kendine has bir durumu olarak hem dini hem de bilimi, bu iki olguyu bir çatışma perspektifinden görmeyerek kucaklayan tavır ortaya konulmuş olacaktır. Çalışmanın sonunda, modern Türk tarihi özelinde din, modernite, entelektüel bilgi ve bilimsel dil arasındaki ilişkiye dair açılımlar getirilecektir.

Keywords

Din, Bilim, Epistemik topluluklar, Entelektüel Bilgi

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• Kaynakça Bilgisi / Citation Information
• Alkın, R. C. (2016). Turkish modernity and epistemic communities in the social sciences: transfer of intellectual knowledge among religion and science?. OPUS – Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6(10), 181-199.