A Critical Contribution to the History of Turkish Sociology | Kure Publications

The first article titled "A Critical Contribution to the History of Turkish Sociology" Book Description: "...Contribution to the Self-Reflexivity of Turkish Sociology" touches upon the points at which politics and sociology are articulated for this purpose. While the naivety contained in sociological studies that claim to keep the discipline away from all kinds of politics and subjectivity is shown, both the Western It is pointed out that all notable sociological theses, both in Turkey and in Turkey, are intertwined with politics until the end. In this context, inferences are made about what the horizons of the attempts to depoliticize sociology may be, at least methodologically. Is imagination compatible with science? Until recently, this question was undoubtedly positive. The answer could be given. However, today imagination is considered one of the most important driving motivations of all kinds of scientific activities. The same situation points to a more familiar debate when it comes to sociology, at least after C. Wright Mills's work titled Sociological Imagination in the 1950s. In the article titled "The Lost Imagination of Sociology", a criticism is made of the naive attempts that try to keep sociology away from all kinds of evaluation and imagination, and it is explained that sociology has largely lost its imaginative-imaginative quality under these naive objectivist pressures. "The Missing Link in Turkish Thought: Political" In the chapter, firstly, the existence possibilities of a Turkish thought are evaluated, and then the mental background of the contempt and disdain of the concept of politics in the scientific literature is examined. Various mental strategies that denigrate politics, try to push it out of life, and achieve this to a large extent are listed in this section. A kind of restoration of the dignity of the political is attempted with examples from para-politics, arche-politics, ultra-political and anti-political attitudes, which sometimes seem to do politics more, but what they do actually means nothing other than expelling the political from life. In the fourth chapter, a study in Turkish sociology is attempted. Being careful not to generalize, but from a sociological portrait attempt, the development of a lane, perhaps a path, of sociology is explained. It may be possible to follow the development of the sociology tradition established at METU by Mübeccel Kıray, who defines himself with a more empirical sociology claim as opposed to a theoretical-speculative sociology at Istanbul University, through the example of Bahattin Akşit. With the Akşit example, it becomes concrete how both empiricism and the Marxist sociology line contributed to Turkish sociology and where this contribution is developing. That's why I have to say that this chapter has a context beyond just a portrait of Akşit. The subject of the article titled "Intellectual and Community" is not about sociologists, but perhaps the intellectual life of which sociologists are a part. Is it possible for an intellectual to belong to a community? Does belonging to a community harm intellectuality? Does an intellectual form a community and make people follow him? With what qualifications do those who have established a community for themselves in Turkish sociology do this? Is it because of their strong ideas or is it the community they established that gives their ideas power and popularity? These questions require us to ask serious questions and move around these questions in terms of the reputation of sociological knowledge in Turkey. Erol Güngör is undoubtedly a thinker who has not taken the place he deserves in Turkish sociology. However, the valuable works he put into his short life make him a special example in the evaluation of Turkish sociology. Coming from Mümtaz Turhan's line of social psychology and where nationalism and Islamism are articulated, he has donated two important reference books to sociological literature, especially with his last two books (Islam's Today's Issues and Islamic Sufism Issues). Unfortunately, it cannot be said that these references are appreciated enough. The deciphered text of a television conversation about Erol Güngör's writings and thoughts should be considered as a small effort to fulfill our debt of loyalty to him. (The idea of ​​including a conversation we had with Bahattin Akşit and Vehbi Başer on Mehtap TV in such a compilation belonged to my valuable student Faruk Karaaslan. He also transcribed the program. He deserves a big thank you.) The last part of the book was published in Yeni Şafak newspaper. It includes condolences for two sociologists and articles describing the latest situation regarding the employment of sociologists in the public sector. All of the articles that make up this compilation book were previously published in various publications. At the end of each article, the place where the article was published is mentioned along with the publication date. On this occasion, I would like to express my gratitude to the valuable administrators of Tezkire, Divan, Yeni Türkiye magazines, to Kenan Çağan for his compilation titled Entelektüel, and to Çağatay Özdemir, the editor of the comprehensive compilation titled Sociology in Turkey. The work at Selçuk University Department of Sociology in the development of each of these studies. My friends and students have made many visible and invisible contributions. I should consider this as an opportunity to send my greetings and thanks to them. Yasin Aktay (Foreword) Number of Pages: 199 Year of Printing: 2010 Language: Turkish Publishing House: Küre Publications"