A Post-colonialist Reading of the Discourse of Modernization and Related Problems

Ahmet Aslan

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A Post-colonialist Reading of the Discourse of Modernization and Related Problems

Yazarlar:

Ahmet Aslan

Yayıncı:

Gaziantep University

Ana Başlıklar:

Değişme | Azgelişmişlik ve Modernleşme Sosyolojisi | Din Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.23 Issue 4, pp.1281-1302

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001330257

pISSN:

1303-0094

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 Our social problems cannot be understood without adequately explaining the political, social, economic and intellectual transformations that have taken place since the foundation of the Republic two centuries ago. In our country, the issue of social change is generally discussed within the framework of the concepts of Westernization, modernization, and secularization. Post-colonialism, on the other hand, develops alternative explanations for the transformations experienced by non-Western societies by criticizing the Wests privilege of being the subject of universal history. With its history of more than half a century, the theory has become a critical tool in examining relations of domination in various fields of social sciences, as well as the experiences of colonized societies. This theory is functional in terms of analyzing Turkeys 19th and 20th century modernization experience, being a valid intellectual basis for the search for nativism against the West and becoming a subject. The aim of the study is to examine the modernization discourse developed during the republican period with the theory in question. In the study, the texts of Niyazi Berkes, one of the important representatives of the modernization discourse in social sciences, were selected as a sample and these texts were subjected to discourse analysis with an interpretive approach. In the conceptual part of the study, the elements of post-colonial theory and post-colonial reading are summarized with their historical development, content, and criticisms. In the review part, Berkess modernization discourse was evaluated in terms of criticism of orientalism and Eurocentrism and cultural hybridity. As a result of the study, it was determined that, despite its limitations, post-colonialist reading maintains its validity and currency in examining the modernization ideas and discourses of non-Western societies. Despite this, it is among the results of the study that the modernization discourse remains indifferent to the criticism of Orientalism and Eurocentrism and does not pay attention to cultural negotiation and hybridity approaches.

 Our social problems cannot be understood without adequately explaining the political, social, economic and intellectual transformations that have taken place since the foundation of the Republic two centuries ago. In our country, the issue of social change is generally discussed within the framework of the concepts of Westernization, modernization, and secularization. Post-colonialism, on the other hand, develops alternative explanations for the transformations experienced by non-Western societies by criticizing the Wests privilege of being the subject of universal history. With its history of more than half a century, the theory has become a critical tool in examining relations of domination in various fields of social sciences, as well as the experiences of colonized societies. This theory is functional in terms of analyzing Turkeys 19th and 20th century modernization experience, being a valid intellectual basis for the search for nativism against the West and becoming a subject. The aim of the study is to examine the modernization discourse developed during the republican period with the theory in question. In the study, the texts of Niyazi Berkes, one of the important representatives of the modernization discourse in social sciences, were selected as a sample and these texts were subjected to discourse analysis with an interpretive approach. In the conceptual part of the study, the elements of post-colonial theory and post-colonial reading are summarized with their historical development, content, and criticisms. In the review part, Berkess modernization discourse was evaluated in terms of criticism of orientalism and Eurocentrism and cultural hybridity. As a result of the study, it was determined that, despite its limitations, post-colonialist reading maintains its validity and currency in examining the modernization ideas and discourses of non-Western societies. Despite this, it is among the results of the study that the modernization discourse remains indifferent to the criticism of Orientalism and Eurocentrism and does not pay attention to cultural negotiation and hybridity approaches.

 Our social problems cannot be understood without adequately explaining the political, social, economic and intellectual transformations that have taken place since the foundation of the Republic two centuries ago. In our country, the issue of social change is generally discussed within the framework of the concepts of Westernization, modernization, and secularization. Post-colonialism, on the other hand, develops alternative explanations for the transformations experienced by non-Western societies by criticizing the Wests privilege of being the subject of universal history. With its history of more than half a century, the theory has become a critical tool in examining relations of domination in various fields of social sciences, as well as the experiences of colonized societies. This theory is functional in terms of analyzing Turkeys 19th and 20th century modernization experience, being a valid intellectual basis for the search for nativism against the West and becoming a subject. The aim of the study is to examine the modernization discourse developed during the republican period with the theory in question. In the study, the texts of Niyazi Berkes, one of the important representatives of the modernization discourse in social sciences, were selected as a sample and these texts were subjected to discourse analysis with an interpretive approach. In the conceptual part of the study, the elements of post-colonial theory and post-colonial reading are summarized with their historical development, content, and criticisms. In the review part, Berkess modernization discourse was evaluated in terms of criticism of orientalism and Eurocentrism and cultural hybridity. As a result of the study, it was determined that, despite its limitations, post-colonialist reading maintains its validity and currency in examining the modernization ideas and discourses of non-Western societies. Despite this, it is among the results of the study that the modernization discourse remains indifferent to the criticism of Orientalism and Eurocentrism and does not pay attention to cultural negotiation and hybridity approaches.

 Toplumsal sorunlarımız; Cumhuriyetin kuruluşundan iki asır öncesinden itibaren yaşanan siyasi, sosyal, iktisadi ve fikri dönüşümler yeterince açıklanmadan anlaşılamaz. Ülkemizde toplumsal değişim konusu genellikle Batılılaşma, çağdaşlaşma, modernleşme ve sekülerleşme kavramları çerçevesinde ele alınmıştır. Post-kolonyalizm ise Batının evrensel tarihin öznesi olma imtiyazına eleştiriler getirerek Batı dışı toplumların yaşadıkları dönüşümlere alternatif açıklamalar geliştirir. Yarım asrı aşkın geçmişiyle söz konusu kuram, sömürgeleştirilmiş toplumların tecrübeleri yanında sosyal bilimlerin çeşitli alanlarında tahakküm ilişkilerini incelemede eleştirel bir araç olmuştur. Bu kuram, Türkiyenin 19. ve 20. yüzyıl modernleşme tecrübesinin tahlili, Batıya karşı yerlilik arayışlarının ve özne oluşun muteber entelektüel zemini olmak açısından işlevseldir. Çalışmanın amacı söz konusu araçla Cumhuriyet Döneminde geliştirilen çağdaşlaşma söylemini incelemektir. Çalışmada çağdaşlaşma söyleminin sosyal bilimlerdeki önemli temsilcilerinden Niyazi Berkesin metinleri örneklem olarak seçilmiş, bu metinler yorumlayıcı yaklaşımla söylem analizine tabi tutulmuştur. Çalışmanın kavramsal kısmında tarihsel gelişimi, içeriği ve aldığı eleştirilerle post-kolonyal teori ve post- kolonyalist okumanın unsurları özetlenmiştir. İnceleme kısmında ise Berkesin çağdaşlaşma söylemi oryantalizm ve Avrupa- merkezcilik eleştirisi ile kültürel melezlik açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda sınırlılıklarına rağmen post-kolonyalist okumanın Batı dışı toplumların çağdaşlaşma fikir ve söylemlerini incelemede geçerliliğini ve güncelliğini koruduğu tespitine ulaşılmıştır. Buna rağmen çağdaşlaşma söyleminin oryantalizm ve Avrupa-merkezcilik eleştirisine kayıtsız kaldığı, kültürel müzakere ve melezlik yaklaşımlarına itibar etmediği çalışmanın sonuçları arasındadır.

Makale detayları

A Post-colonialist Reading of the Discourse of Modernization and Related Problems

Yazarlar:

Ahmet Aslan

Yayıncı:

Gaziantep University

Ana Başlıklar:

Değişme | Azgelişmişlik ve Modernleşme Sosyolojisi | Din Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.23 Issue 4, pp.1281-1302

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001330257

pISSN:

1303-0094

Post-colonialism

Orientalism

Discourse of Modernization

Secularization

ModernizationPost-kolonyalizm

Oryantalizm

Çağdaşlaşma Söylemi

Sekülerleşme

Modernleşme

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ahmet Aslan

Yayıncı: Gaziantep University

Ana Başlıklar: Değişme | Azgelişmişlik ve Modernleşme Sosyolojisi | Din Sosyolojisi

Dergi: Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.23 Issue 4, pp.1281-1302

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001330257

pISSN: 1303-0094

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ahmet Aslan

Yayıncı:

Gaziantep University

Ana Başlıklar:

Değişme | Azgelişmişlik ve Modernleşme Sosyolojisi | Din Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.23 Issue 4, pp.1281-1302

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001330257

pISSN:

1303-0094