4 books
Şerif Mardin was a social scientist who studied political thought, modernization, religion, and society, reshaping approaches to culture in Turkey and the Middle East. Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought reconstructs how Ottoman intellectuals debated liberty, government, and reform. It treats modernization not as a simple transfer of institutions, but as a change in political language and argument.
Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey The Case of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi examines religious authority, community, and social transformation through a focused study. Religion, Society, and Modernity in Turkey broadens that inquiry across essays, while Cultural Transitions in the Middle East places change in a regional frame. The first book offers political ideas in depth, the second provides a concentrated religious case, and the collections show how Mardin connected institutions with lived belief and culture.
