Amit Bein
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804773119
- eISBN:
- 9780804777766
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804773119.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
To better understand the diverse inheritance of Islamic movements in present-day Turkey, we must take a closer look at the religious establishment, the ulema, during the first half of the twentieth ...
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To better understand the diverse inheritance of Islamic movements in present-day Turkey, we must take a closer look at the religious establishment, the ulema, during the first half of the twentieth century. During the closing years of the Ottoman Empire and the early decades of the Republic of Turkey, the spread of secularist and anti-religious ideas had a major impact on the views and political leanings of the ulema. This book explores the intellectual debates and political movements of the religious establishment during this time. The author reveals how competing visions of development influenced debates about reforms in religious education and the modernization of the medreses. He also explores the reactions and changing attitudes of Islamic intellectuals to the religious policies of the secular republic, and provides an understanding of the changes in the relationship between religion and state. Exposing division within the religious establishment, the book illuminates the ulema's long-lasting legacies still in evidence in Turkey today.Less
To better understand the diverse inheritance of Islamic movements in present-day Turkey, we must take a closer look at the religious establishment, the ulema, during the first half of the twentieth century. During the closing years of the Ottoman Empire and the early decades of the Republic of Turkey, the spread of secularist and anti-religious ideas had a major impact on the views and political leanings of the ulema. This book explores the intellectual debates and political movements of the religious establishment during this time. The author reveals how competing visions of development influenced debates about reforms in religious education and the modernization of the medreses. He also explores the reactions and changing attitudes of Islamic intellectuals to the religious policies of the secular republic, and provides an understanding of the changes in the relationship between religion and state. Exposing division within the religious establishment, the book illuminates the ulema's long-lasting legacies still in evidence in Turkey today.
M. Sükrü Hanioglu
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691175829
- eISBN:
- 9781400885572
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691175829.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science would reign supreme as ...
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When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science would reign supreme as the new religion. This book provides an in-depth look at the intellectual life of the Turkish Republic's founder. It frames him within the historical context of the turbulent age in which he lived, and explores the uneasy transition from the late Ottoman imperial order to the modern Turkish state through his life and ideas. The book takes readers from Atatürk's youth as a Muslim boy in the volatile ethnic cauldron of Macedonia, to his education in nonreligious and military schools, to his embrace of Turkish nationalism and the modernizing Young Turks movement. Who was this figure who sought glory as an ambitious young officer in World War I, defied the victorious Allies intent on partitioning the Turkish heartland, and defeated the last sultan? This book charts Atatürk's intellectual and ideological development at every stage of his life, demonstrating how he was profoundly influenced by the new ideas that were circulating in the sprawling Ottoman realm. It shows how Atatürk drew on a unique mix of scientism, materialism, social Darwinism, positivism, and other theories to fashion a grand utopian framework on which to build his new nation.Less
When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science would reign supreme as the new religion. This book provides an in-depth look at the intellectual life of the Turkish Republic's founder. It frames him within the historical context of the turbulent age in which he lived, and explores the uneasy transition from the late Ottoman imperial order to the modern Turkish state through his life and ideas. The book takes readers from Atatürk's youth as a Muslim boy in the volatile ethnic cauldron of Macedonia, to his education in nonreligious and military schools, to his embrace of Turkish nationalism and the modernizing Young Turks movement. Who was this figure who sought glory as an ambitious young officer in World War I, defied the victorious Allies intent on partitioning the Turkish heartland, and defeated the last sultan? This book charts Atatürk's intellectual and ideological development at every stage of his life, demonstrating how he was profoundly influenced by the new ideas that were circulating in the sprawling Ottoman realm. It shows how Atatürk drew on a unique mix of scientism, materialism, social Darwinism, positivism, and other theories to fashion a grand utopian framework on which to build his new nation.
Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199457618
- eISBN:
- 9780199085460
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199457618.003.0009
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
India is a secular republic, Pakistan an Islamic republic and Bangladesh a people’s republic with Islam as state religion. Keeping these things in mind, here an assessment is made of the differences ...
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India is a secular republic, Pakistan an Islamic republic and Bangladesh a people’s republic with Islam as state religion. Keeping these things in mind, here an assessment is made of the differences in judicial trends between pre-independence and post-independence decisions and also the similarities and dissimilarities in judicial rulings delivered in the post-independence period by the three separate judicial regimes of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In view of the fact that the three countries have inherited the same legal history and tradition, legal institutions and laws, including Muslim personal law, of pre-1947 India, another issue that is discussed is whether they can share their post-independence experiences. It is suggested that, in a number of cases, they can.Less
India is a secular republic, Pakistan an Islamic republic and Bangladesh a people’s republic with Islam as state religion. Keeping these things in mind, here an assessment is made of the differences in judicial trends between pre-independence and post-independence decisions and also the similarities and dissimilarities in judicial rulings delivered in the post-independence period by the three separate judicial regimes of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In view of the fact that the three countries have inherited the same legal history and tradition, legal institutions and laws, including Muslim personal law, of pre-1947 India, another issue that is discussed is whether they can share their post-independence experiences. It is suggested that, in a number of cases, they can.
