Why does the AKP hate cultivated minds? The historical background of anti-intellectualism of political Islam in Turkey

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorÖrnek, Cangul
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T21:40:14Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T21:40:14Z
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.department[Belirlenecek]en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper attempts to understand the recent wave of anti-intellectualism swaying Turkey's cultural and political life under the AKP government. Scrutinising the root causes of anti-intellectual notions of political Islam in Turkey, this paper propounds that negative thoughts and sentiments toward intellectualism were strong in post-WWII political Islamist thought and movement. The mindset of Islamist youth enculturated in this atmosphere was shaped substantially by a reactionary mode towards self-cultivation of the individual, critical thinking and social criticism. In this regard, four aspects of this legacy are closely scrutinised. To reflect upon this process of enculturation, this paper first discusses the features of the Sunni Sufi tradition that inhibit intellectual cultivation. Second, the impact of the anti-communist activism of the Cold War is investigated. Third, the conspiracy thinking of the ustads of political Islam is revisited. Fourth, anti-scientism of the political Islamists is pointed out as an element yielding their anti-intellectual inclinations.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage56en_US
dc.identifier.issn1016-3476
dc.identifier.issn2523-9465
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage37en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/7183
dc.identifier.volume31en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001019565600003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMediterranean Inst Univ Maltaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Mediterranean Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY05070
dc.subjectAnti-Intellectualismen_US
dc.subjectEnculturationen_US
dc.subjectSufi Ordersen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Islamen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectAkpen_US
dc.subjectErdoğanen_US
dc.titleWhy does the AKP hate cultivated minds? The historical background of anti-intellectualism of political Islam in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication

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