Liberal Thought and Public Moralists in Turkey

The Transmission of Ideas and the Conceptions of the Self, 1891- 1948

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ID11982024
AuthorsH Ozan Özavcı (corresponding author), Hilmi Ozan Ozavci
Year2012
Volume38
Issue4
Pages636-657
Publication date2012-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeschichte und Gesellschaft (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0340-613X • E-ISSN: 2196-9000
PublisherVandenhoeck & Ruprecht (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.13109/gege.2012.38.4.636
OpenAlexW2316911057
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

The history of liberalism in Turkey has had significant implications concerning particularly whether liberalisation depends upon the reform of the self. This essay aims to accentuate the moral aspects of liberal thought in the Turkish context, because first, it is hard not to detect a tone of obstinate moralism in the writings of a large number of Turkish liberals, and second, little attention has been paid to this aspect of liberal thought. The objective is to draw attention to the views of Mehmed Sabahaddin (1878 -1948) and Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869-1939) regarding moralism, arguing that a repetitive language of character undergirded their liberalism

Character (mathematics · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Liberalism · Liberalization · Linguistics · Morality · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Tone (literature · Turkish · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Turkey's Politics and Society

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