Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
17th Forum Of The World Association For Political Economy ‘Political Economy Vs Economics In A Turbulent Multipolar World’, Athens, Yunanistan, 2 - 04 Ağustos 2024, ss.3, (Özet Bildiri)
This research delves into the complex dynamics of the interplay between Islamism and neoliberalism in Turkey. It examines how political Islam engages with neoliberal capitalism, especially considering the challenges posed by the ‘Turkish Model’ to urbanization theory. Existing analyses often use Weberian dichotomies such as centre-periphery, strong state-weak society, and Islamism-secularism to explain this, extending these paradigms to understand the authoritarian trajectory during AKP rule. However, this study argues that these explanations, despite their Eurocentric bias, have deficiencies marked by ontological exteriority and methodological nationalism. To address these challenges, the study proposes a critical approach that counters ontological exteriority and adopts a global perspective to counteract methodological nationalism. The theoretical framework, rooted in Critical Global Political Economy, draws inspiration from the Gramscian notion of the integral state and incorporates the Ollmanian principle of the philosophy of internal relations. Applying this framework, the research conducts an in-depth analysis of the emergence of Islamic neoliberalism and its crises, focusing on urbanisation, education, and mass media in Turkey. Remarkably, developments in these domains reveal discernible interconnectedness within and across national boundaries. In contrast to perspectives rooted in ontological exteriority and methodological nationalism, this case underscores a dialectical unity across various domains, spheres, and levels.