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Understanding Nurettin Topçu: An Essay on the Typology of Revolutionary-Utopic Romanticism
Abstract
The subject of this article is to construct the romantic origins of the views of Nurettin Topçu, who in some respects appears to be an exceptional thinker. In this context, the study will be tried to reveal the similarities of the basic concepts in the thought of Topçu in terms of romantic typologies. The melancholic existence inherent in the Romanticism movement is thought to be identified with a sense of responsibility against the destructive effects of modern capitalist life. This sense of responsibility led the romantics to critique modernism. Romantic criticism is divided into two main branches in accordance with the melancholic existence. The first of these is the resigned romantics who interpret modernity as an evil without an exit and thus think that a good future is impossible. Sociological thought and theorists are usually evaluated within this romantic movement. The second branch is the revolutionary-utopian romantics who sharing the criticism of modernism made by resigned romantics, seek an escape from modern capitalist society. For these romantics, there are some common points in their search for solutions as well as the possibility of an exit from modernism. The search for a solution by revolutionary-utopian romantics is seen to be directed towards mystical socialism as an opposition to capitalism, mystical nationalism as an opposition to the erase of local cultural values, globalization by modern capitalist social life, and mysticism of religion against the institutionaland rational structures of religion in a way that encompasses all these. It is thought that Islamic socialism, Anatolian nationalism and mysticism, which seem to be separate from each other in Topçu's thought, form a meaningful unity with this revolutionary utopian romanticism typology. There are many studies in the literature on the basic concepts of Topçu's thought and his social and political thoughts. This study, on the other hand, is thought to contribute to the literature in terms of analyzing the basic concepts of Topçu's thought and evaluating Topçu's thought in the context of romantic typologies.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Modernization Sociology
Journal Section
Review
Authors
Sercan Dağli
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Türkiye
Publication Date
June 30, 2025
Submission Date
March 21, 2025
Acceptance Date
May 9, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 4 Number: 1