Gülenism as “religionist” kemalism
Insight Turkey, cilt.19, sa.3, ss.181-206, 2017 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.25253/99.2017193.11
- Dergi Adı: Insight Turkey
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.181-206
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Utilizing Gramsci's conceptualization of hegemonic struggles through both coercive means of the state and also the production of consent in civil society, the article conducts a comparative textual analysis of the writings and speeches of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Fetullah Gulen. In so doing, the article focuses on four main themes: (1) sacralization of modern knowledge, science, and education; (2) militarism and centrism; (3) statism and corporatism; and, (4) ethnic nationalism and Turkism. It argues that the ideology of the Gulen's "service movement" shares the principles of Kemalism in the above-mentioned domains, while couching them within a religious discursive framework. Since Gulenism uses Quranic terminology out of context and for secular ends, the term "religionist" is used instead of "religious" to describe this ideology.