Professional paper

Fatma Aliye and Defense of Islamic Values

Mirjana Marinković ; Philological Faculty, University of Belgrade

Abstract

The article concerns an analysis of the recently published text by Fatma Aliye debating with European ideas and prejudices about Islam that has not been a subject of interest in the South Slavonic intellectual and academic circles.
Fatma Aliye (1862–1936) was the first Turkish woman novelist, the first Turkish woman philosopher, and the author of the book Tezâhür-i Hakikat (Appearance of Truth) that was published for the first time in January 2016 on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of her death. Like some writers of the Tanzimat era, especially Namik Kemal, Fatma Aliye entered the debate with the European writers wishing to oppose the prevailing Orientalist approach in Europe that had been blaming Islam for the stagnation of sciences and culture. She demonstrated enviable erudition and devotion to the Islamic culture. Her views show the permanent duality of the Ottoman intellectuals between their desire for Westernization and their need to stay in the Islamic tradition. In many aspects, the approaches to Islam and the defence of Islamic values of Fatma Aliye are still current.

Keywords

Fatma Aliye; Tezâhür-i Hakikat (Appearance of Truth); Orientalis; Islam; woman

Hrčak ID:

190785

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/190785

Publication date:

15.12.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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