ナムク・ケマルをめぐる二、三の問題点

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  • Some Topics in the Life and Thought of Namlk Kemal
  • ナムク ケマル オ メグル ニ サン ノ モンダイテン

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This essay tries to discuss the thought of Namik Kemal (1840-88), the most brilliant figure in the group called the "New Ottomans" (Yeni Osmanlilar) who played an important role in the constitutional movement in the Ottoman Empire in the post-Tahzimat (Reorganization) period. He has been, until now, called a liberal, since he severely criticized the Ottoman autocracy, demanded in its place a constitutional government, and advocated a simplification of Ottoman-Turkish, a written language which he claimed supported the Ottoman despotism because of the difficulty of comprehending it. But, we cannot simply label this man "a liberal" and leave it at that. He was far more complicated than this strict label would suggest. First, his activities were not based on the masses such as the Anatolian "Turks." Secondly, he strove to crush the nationalism of the peoples under Ottoman rule. Thus, we can call him a liberal and a patriot only from the viewpoint of his saving the Ottoman Empire. This Empire he regarded as a complex structure composed like a mosaic of various nationalities, which he intended to unify by "Ottomanization." Thirdly, he rejected the principles of Western civilization firmly, if they came into conflict with those of the Islamic tradition, even though he regarded the West as a goal the 0ttoman Empire should progress towards. Moreover, unlike Arab reformers, he did not insist on a "purification" of Islam or a "modern" interpretation of its dogma. He could not become a reformer of Islam. In short, the life and the thought of Namik Kemal reflected the various troubles of the Ottoman Empire of the latter half of the nineteenth century.

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  • 史学雑誌

    史学雑誌 86 (4), 411-427,494, 1977

    公益財団法人 史学会

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