Afrika'da Felsefe Var mı? Anadolu Mistisizmi Üzerinden Bir Değerlendirme

Afrikanın Türk ve İslam kültür ve felsefesiyle ilişkileri oldukça erken dönemlere uzanır. Ancak son birkaç yüzyıldır Türkiyenin bu büyük kıta ile ilişkileri iyice zayıflamış görünür. Bu, köklü bir ortak tarihe; dolayısıyla kültür ve felsefeye sahip olan iki coğrafyanın hak etmediği bir durumdur. Günümüz Afrikası pek çok yönden incelemeye tabi tutulurken felsefî ve dinî zengin- liği göz ardı edilmemelidir. Çünkü Afrikalılar ile Türkler, sadece ticari değil, akademik anlamda da birbirine sanıldığından çok daha yakındır. Ortak noktaların ve bakış açılarının öncelikle keşfedilmesi ve modern çerçevede yeniden inşa edilmesi, gittikçe küçülen dünyada Türkiye yi büyütmek için elzemdir. Afrikanın bilgelik öğretisine bugünün modern dünyasının ihtiyacı var- dır. Elbette bu bilgeliğin öncelikle günümüz Afrika felsefesi bağlamında açımlanması gerekir. Sonrasında da Afrika felsefesinin dünya felsefe geleneği içindeki yeri üzerinde durulmalıdır. Tabi ki, bu okumanın Türk İslam düşüncesini merkeze alan bir bakış açısıyla yapılması elzem- dir. Türk-İslam düşüncesi bağlamlı bakış açısını, nihai şekline Anadoluda kavuşan gönül esaslı mistiklikle sınırlamak istiyoruz. Pir-i Türkistan Hoca Ahmet Yesevînin Alperenleri vasıtasıyla Anadolu yu dönüştüren Anadolu mistisizmi ile Afrika bilgeliği arasındaki ortak noktaların günümüz itibariyle ayrışmış görünen bu iki dünyayı yeniden bir araya getireceğinden kuşku duymuyoruz. Makalede genel anlamda Afrika felsefesi içindeki bilgeliğin ayrımları ortaya ko- nulduktan sonra Anadolu mayası olarak kavramsallaşan Anadolu bilgeliğinden ne anladığımız üzerinde özetle durulmuştur. Son olarak da özgün bir yaşam felsefesi sunan iki dünyayı birbiri- ne bağlayan kültürel ve düşünsel köprülerin nasıl bir okumayla kurulabileceği belirginleştirilmiştir

Is There a Philosophy in Afrıca? An Evaluation on the Anatolian Mysticism

The relations of Africa with Turkish and Islamic culture and philosophy has tra- ced to a quite early period. But for few centuries the relationship between Turkey and this large continent has seemed to be weakened .This is not a deserved situation for both geographies which have a common deep rooted history on the nature of their cul- ture and philosophy. While modern Africa has been examined from various aspects, its philosophical and religious substantiality should not be disregarded. Because the links, not only in commercial but also in academical terms between the African and the Turkish people are closer than we assume . In order to develop Turkey in the world which is get- ting smaller and smaller, first of all discovery of the common ground and and common viewpoint, rebuilding them in a modern frame are essential. The wisdom of Africa is nee- ded today in the modern world . This wisdom should be explained primarily in terms of modern African philosophy. Then the place of African philosophy should be taken into consideration among the tradition of world philosophy.It is essential definitely that this re- ading should be done with a viewpoint which keeps the Turkish-Islamic thought in the center of ideas. We would like to restrict the coherent point of view of the Turkish-Islamic context with the mysticism based on the soul(the feeling) that has taken its final shape in Anatolia. We are sure that the common points between Anatolian mysticism and African wisdom will bring these two worlds together which are seemingly separated from each other at the present time. In this paper the wisdom in African philosophy is explained in general and then what we understand from Anatolian wisdomwhich is conceptualized as The esence(the maya ) of Anatolia will be mentioned in brief. Finally, The cultural and thoughtful bridges that offer a genuine philosophy of life, connecting these two worlds will be made clear.

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