An Essay on the Possibility of Islamic Sociology in the Context of Knowledge and Value Cover Image

Bilgi Ve Değer Bağlamında İslam Sosyolojisi’nin Mümkünlüğü Üzerine Bir Deneme
An Essay on the Possibility of Islamic Sociology in the Context of Knowledge and Value

Author(s): Adem Palabıyık
Subject(s): Sociology, Islam studies
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Islam; Sociology; West; Knowledge; Value;

Summary/Abstract: Muslims did not use to consider for a certain period of time the modernism concept that the West introduced and endeavored to give meaning. Within this period, the theoretical accumulation of the West progressed, and thereby the Muslim world faced critical problems in reaching knowledge due to certain matters. The Islamic world, which used to keep away from rationality and pragmatism at the discussions related to the origin of knowledge, put emphasis on the value context of these conceptualizations and developed its theories based on this concept. In result of this dialectic, it had an effort to establish an Islamic sociology vis-à-vis the West by underlining Islam. Also, by envisaging about the social construction model which is non-exclusive of values, it sought to make the Islamic sociology practical. Thus, this study embraces the discussions and proposals about the possibility of Islamic sociology between knowledge and value concepts.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 116-123
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Turkish
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