Islamic revivalism and the Islamic intellectuals in the 1980s the case of Ali Bulaç
Author
Öztimur, Neşe
Advisor
Sakallıoğlu, Ümit Cizre
Date
1992Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
In the 1980s all of the world has witnessed great structural
changes at the socio-political, cultural and economic levels of
many countries. This decade is the era of challenging the
settled values, norms, world-views and of attempting to
construct new ones. In this decade, in Turkey. It can be
accepted that the most radical wind was blowed by the Islamic
side. Additionally the Islamic intellectuals with the ir
quentitative and qualitative appreciation can be taken in to
accent as the major source of this popularity.
In this study, the possible causes of Islamic revivalism
in Turkey during 1980s is examined and than the validity of this
causes is analized with considering the one of the Islamic .:p '"<'
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intellectuals (Ali Bulaç's) discourse; who gained his popularity
again in \ this period. The main reason that why Ali Bulaç was
chosen in th~·context of this study is his qualified differences
from other Islamic intellectuals and his immanent discourse .