The Foundation of Oxidentalist Discourse During the Tanzimat Period: Namik Kemal and Renan Müdâfaanâmesi

Name: The Foundation of Oxidentalist Discourse During the Tanzimat Period: Namik Kemal and Renan Müdâfaanâmesi
Author: Asiye Sezgin Tüylü, İlknur Tatar Kırılmış

İsim	The Foundation of Oxidentalist Discourse During the Tanzimat Period: Namik Kemal and Renan Müdâfaanâmesi
Yazar	Asiye Sezgin Tüylü, İlknur Tatar Kırılmış
Konu	Orientalism
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	EISSN: 2717-6916, DOI: 10.26650/jos.1356076
Kayıt Numarası	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_6a3e3c6c07bd4cb19dfeaf064b4cbab7
Lokasyon	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notlar	In 1852, French philologist and historian Ernest Renan delivered a lecture on Islam and Science in France. During this conference, he explored various factors contributing to the perceived “backwardness” of Islamic countries and, by adopting an orientalist perspective, linked the East’s lag in development to Islam. After surveying the East (which encompassed African nations), he posited that the inhabitants of these regions generally exhibited a mindset that was resistant to scientific advancements, harboring animosity toward Western ideas and spirituality. In this discourse, Renan’s assertions elicited numerous reactions in the Islamic world, prompting significant objections to his views/opinions. In 1883, Ottoman writer and scholar Namik Kemal vehemently expressed his dissenting opinions against Renan, culminating in the writing of “Renan Müdâfaanâmesi,” while imprisoned in Midilli (Greece) in 1908. This work has since been etched in history as one of the most impassioned refutations of Renan in the Islamic world. Specifically, it underscored Renan’s lack of understanding of Islam and Islamic thinkers, criticizing his numerous misguided judgments. Since then, prominent Islamic thinkers in the fields of science and philosophy have emerged to counter Renan’s negative perceptions of Islam, with “Renan Müdâfaanâmesi” serving as an Eastern response to the Western orientalist viewpoint. In this study, the conceptual framework of occidentalism will be drawn and Namık Kemal’s Renan Müdâfaanâmesi will be evaluated as an occidentalist discourse. The importance of Renan Müdâfaanâmesi in the context of the establishment of occidentalist discourse in Turkish literature will be revealed.
Görüntüle	Sarkiyat mecmuasi, 2024-04 (44), p.21-39

Kaynağa git Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi

Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi

The Foundation of Oxidentalist Discourse During the Tanzimat Period: Namik Kemal and Renan Müdâfaanâmesi

Yazar Asiye Sezgin Tüylü, İlknur Tatar Kırılmış

Konu Orientalism

Tür Kitap

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası EISSN: 2717-6916, DOI: 10.26650/jos.1356076

Kayıt Numarası cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_6a3e3c6c07bd4cb19dfeaf064b4cbab7

Lokasyon DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notlar In 1852, French philologist and historian Ernest Renan delivered a lecture on Islam and Science in France. During this conference, he explored various factors contributing to the perceived “backwardness” of Islamic countries and, by adopting an orientalist perspective, linked the East’s lag in development to Islam. After surveying the East (which encompassed African nations), he posited that the inhabitants of these regions generally exhibited a mindset that was resistant to scientific advancements, harboring animosity toward Western ideas and spirituality. In this discourse, Renan’s assertions elicited numerous reactions in the Islamic world, prompting significant objections to his views/opinions. In 1883, Ottoman writer and scholar Namik Kemal vehemently expressed his dissenting opinions against Renan, culminating in the writing of “Renan Müdâfaanâmesi,” while imprisoned in Midilli (Greece) in 1908. This work has since been etched in history as one of the most impassioned refutations of Renan in the Islamic world. Specifically, it underscored Renan’s lack of understanding of Islam and Islamic thinkers, criticizing his numerous misguided judgments. Since then, prominent Islamic thinkers in the fields of science and philosophy have emerged to counter Renan’s negative perceptions of Islam, with “Renan Müdâfaanâmesi” serving as an Eastern response to the Western orientalist viewpoint. In this study, the conceptual framework of occidentalism will be drawn and Namık Kemal’s Renan Müdâfaanâmesi will be evaluated as an occidentalist discourse. The importance of Renan Müdâfaanâmesi in the context of the establishment of occidentalist discourse in Turkish literature will be revealed.

Görüntüle Sarkiyat mecmuasi, 2024-04 (44), p.21-39