Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi

Yazarlar: Şennur ÖZDEMİR

Konular:Sosyal

Anahtar Kelimeler:The east" and "the west",Habitus,Sociology of knowledge,Power,Islam and Christianity

Özet: This study elaborates and (re)conceptualizes the "east" and the "west", representing the two distinct historical and socio-economic whole from a "sociology of knowledge" dimension. The most important consequence of the defining characteristics of "the west" (as being hierarchical and exclusive), lies in its class-based and partial nature resulting in an identification of knowledge with power. This is also responsible for the "metaphysical nature" of the "western" knowledge and science: "Dualistic-exclusive and polaristic" character of "western habitus" creating a large gap between "theory and practice" can also be understood in this context. All these together explain the reasons for not being capable of "universal and representative" of modern knowledge and science. As a result, this study projects that as "eastern characteristics" has increasingly become more hegemonical on global level, a transition from cyclically reproducing "exclusive and contradictory" relational and methodological "western style" to comprehensive new paradigmatic methodologies and syntheses will be expected.

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