Islamic revivalism and the Islamic intellectuals in the 1980s the case of Ali Bulaç

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 '"<' ·• ~e 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 .