Title: Türk Modernleşmesini Kavramsal Olarak Çözümlemeye Yönelik Bir Tartışma
Abstract:There is a conflict in social sciences about how to conceptualize structural period of change that Turkey has passed through in the first half of 20th century. This conflict turns up when the period i...There is a conflict in social sciences about how to conceptualize structural period of change that Turkey has passed through in the first half of 20th century. This conflict turns up when the period is explained with concepts of westernization, being contemporary or modernization. Nevertheless, there is a significantly consensus about changes that have been in Western orbit. While westernization thesis acts as a template in the analysis of Turkish modernization, it is accepted that Turkey will not create a unique modernity. It is the fact that conceptual disagreement and templateism reveal problems in analysing Turkish modernization. This article emphasizes the need for a theoretical perspective to address those problems. Therefore, it is necessary to reveal on which principles and foundations of modernity are based. Thus, the connection can be established with the transformation process of Turkey and modernity. However, Turkish modernization represents a different version of modernity. Multiple modernities and later modernities approaches show the way to save the analysis of Turkish modernization from Western centricity. Through these approaches, it shows the emergence of Turkish modernization with the implementation of a national modernity project. Therefore, this study proposes a conceptual perspective for the analysis of Turkish modernization.Read More
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-04-22
Language: en
Type: article
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