Said Nursi’s ideas and the modern political philosophy: some aspects of comparative perspective
The article is dedicated to analysis of Said Nursi’s political ideas and modern political philosophy. The political world has three-dimensional structure. 1) based on the fight and overcome the enemy, thus demonstrating conflicts within and outside the community, as well as showing the phenomenon of political friendship; 2) focused on the less intensive forms of conflict, trying to show the possibilities of cooperation and compromise, thereby laying the perspective of modern democratic renewal projects and actualizing the problem of tolerance; 3) showing a deep connection between politics and culture. When we try to find connections between ideas of Said Nursi and such kind political philosophy, we deal with some kind of comparative perspective in philosophy. And the author of the present article states that such comparative perspective in philosophy reveals not only the limitations of Western or Eastern way of thinking or their regional and cultural isolation, but also shows that this
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