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Reconciled society within the perspective of Solomon Model
 

Introduction

In this study I want to begin with the formulation of Kees who was speaker before me, taking his different phases of human being into account. Then I will try to explore the possibility of reconciled society which can be characterized by personal maturity, political freedom, social equality, spiritual brotherhood and sisterhood and universal anamnestic solidarity. I will make an attempt to set up a model, ‘Solomon Model’ taking many arguments from Nursi’s corpus*.

In this meanwhile I will try to simplify this analyzes through the means of an imaginary spiritual journey under the title of ‘trinity cyclical journey’.

Kees’ formulation of ‘I’ and ‘We’ Kees has formulated the different stages of man and society by pointing out that a man and a society has different social and psychological phases; ‘First I Phase’, ‘Second I Phase’ and ‘First We phase’, ‘Second We Phase’. ‘First I Phase’ represents egoistic, narcissistic and hedonistic human characters. This situation seems very parallel to the Adorno’s notion of ‘infantile narcissism’ and Nursi’s ‘false ego’. ‘First We Phase’ reflects itself as a pseudo society. ‘Second I Phase’ is an individual situation a person begins to criticize all proposals and statements offered society as well as begins to ask question related to relevant statements. This phase is similar to the Kantian responsible ethics. Finally ‘Second We Phase’ represents o social situation in which society emerges in harmony and peace.

I would like to suggest here ‘Solomon Model’ through which I will try to show the possibility of reconciled society. I think it is very similar to the Keesian model. Possible distinctions may be in tone and nuance.

Schuurman’s garden model at the crossroads of the secular- post secular society

(With contribution of Said Nursi’s perspective)

Abstract

There is a close connection between current technology and secularization process. According to some scholars current technology is a result of instrumental rationality of bourgeoisie class who insturmentalized all human and natural sources to attain power and money. To open up a new social and cognitive change to alternative ideas, especially religion oriented ideas Jürgen Habermas came up with a new social-political framework in which religion oriented ideas also present themselves. Meantime philosopher Schuurman developed ‘Garden Model’ to offer a new alternative to current technology which detached from ethics. Nursi shares many idea of Schuurman as a Muslim theologian.

 Rereading of Nursi's democracy idea in the light of Habermasian notion of Discursive Democracy

In this survey I will focus firstly on the conception of Habermasian theory of discursive democracy and then I will cite some Islamic principles by which a legal democracy can be possible in an Islamic culture in which general election and more political parties are possible, finally I will analyze Nursi's notion of democracy in the introduced framework.