Intellectual Origins of the Republic: Ahmet Ağaoğlu and the Genealogy of Liberalism in Turkey

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29737-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 563 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Political Thought

Autoren/Hrsg.

Özavc&

Özavci, Hilmi Ozan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. vii

1 Introduction. 1
1.1 The Making of a Liberal in Turkey. 9
1.2 Ideas and Contexts. 24
1.2.1 Agaoglu in Literature. 27

2 Between Two Worlds: Ideas in the Making. 34
2.1 Family Life and Education. 35
2.1.1 Encounter with Russian Radicalism. 38
2.1.2 Paris. 42
2.2 Early French Influences. 45
2.2.1 James Darmesteter and Ernest Renan. 46
2.3 Early Writings. 54

3 Return to the Near East. 61
3.1 The Caucasus. 61
3.1.1 The 1905 Petition, Violence and the End of the Oil Revolution. 65
3.2 Istanbul. 75
3.2.1 The Turkish Hearths. 80
3.2.2 Activities during World War I. 81

4 Rights, Religion and Nationalism. 88
4.1 Rights and Equality. 89
4.2 Religion, Modernity and the Question of Women. 91
4.3 The Origins of Turkish Nationalism. 100

5 Founding the Republic. 120
5.1 The Establishment of an Authoritarian Regime. 123
5.2 The Economy and a Temporary Democracy. 133

6 Revolution and Ideology. 143
6.1 A Liberal Revolution?. 146
6.1.1 A Critique of the Revolutionaries. 149
6.2 Ideology and the Intelligentsia. 152
6.2.1 Two Liberalisms and Democracy. 156

7 State, Society and the Individual. 161
7.1 Liberal Order. 163
7.1.1 Durkheim and Agaoglu. 167
7.1.2 Elements of Modern Liberalism: Division of Labour, Occupational Groupings and Interdependence. 171
7.1.3 Civic Equality and Individual Liberty. 176
7.2 Étatism and Private Initiative. 178

8 Westernisation and Nationalism. 191
8.1 Turkey’s Westernisation. 192
8.2 The Hidden Dialogue between Gökalp and Agaoglu. 194
8.3 Nationalism Revisited. 199
8.4 Monday Evening Talks. 203

9 The Moral Ideology of the Republic. 207
9.1 Petr Kropotkin and the Sources of Morality. 209
9.2 The Origins of Moral Decadence Revisited. 212
9.3 The Land of Free Men. 214
9.4 The Divided Self. 220

10 Conclusion: The Road to Liberty?. 229

Bibliography. 235
Index. 264

Über Autor(innen)

H. Ozan Özavci, Ph.D. (2011) is a Research Fellow at the University of Utrecht and Fernand-Braudel Fellow at l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris. He has published several articles in major international peer-reviewed journals and book sections about histories of liberalism, authoritarianism, security and political parties.