Fethullah Gülen - In Framework of Discourse on Dialogue in Contemporary World
Fethullah Gülen - In Framework of Discourse on Dialogue in Contemporary World

Summary/Abstract: The problematics of understanding contemporary world and a possibility of dialogue within this scattered world among functional individuals is dealt with in a short survey of the state of mind in the age of science. M. Heidegger and H. G. Gadamer are contemporary thinkers who dealt with this problem. Their analyses of the sources and results of the civilisation progress marked by scientific achievements, although the notion of science is comprehensive entailing all specialties today that the said thinkers did not witness, their interpretations are contemporary and essential with regard to issues of knowledge, understanding and dialogue in contemporary world. Their works have a strength to serve as a Judgement Day for humanity. Gülen writes about education as an act of man’s existence. Education, understanding, interpretation, dialogue are expressed in the work of this thinker in terms of ‘hizmet’.The realities of this world and the world beyond are interconnected in man’s existence.. Man’s ‘hizmet’ is an act of unification. The prospect of a civilisation where progress is achieved at the expense of alienation from either world is problematic. Our understanding of the world and the position of each individual within this fundamental division and alienation is almost impossible because what is at stake is the abrogation of responsibility regarding the gift of ‘hizmet’. Gülen’s thinking is a never-ending journey towards a possibility of understanding this world and the world beyond as an all-encompassing reality.

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