The End of Ottoman Positivism
The Gökalp-al-Husari Debate of 1916
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 8968520 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Adrien Zakar (0000-0002-8818-4304, Columbia University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2015 |
| Volumen | 47 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 580-583 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015-07-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743815000604 |
| OpenAlex | W2410254359 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 10 |
In the midst of World War I, a group of Ottoman scientists published a debate entitled “National Education” in the 1916 issue of the periodical Muallim (The Teacher). The exchange between the sociologist Ziya Gökalp (1876–1924) and the psychologist Satiʾ al-Husari (1882–1968) started out with different agendas for imperial education and culminated with an outburst regarding the definition of modern science. In his conclusive remarks, al-Husari declared: “I consider [his] way of thinking to be a form of metaphysics and mystics that resembles pantheism.” Al-Husari was a positivist who professed the exclusive authority of empirical data over all immaterial evidence acquired through metaphysics and mystical experience. Yet, his opponent was nothing less, and the accusation was all the more provocative because Gökalp believed that his positivist sociology could become the organizing principle of educational reform
Adversary · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Mysticism · Nothing · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Positivism · Sociology · Families in Therapy and Culture · Islamic Studies and History · Islamic Thought and Society Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |