Özcan HIDIR / Occidentalism Versus Orientalism: Occidentalism on Hadith–Fuad Sezgin and M. Mustafa al-A‘zami

Abstract: This article examines firstly the term of ‘Occidentalism’ in general and then the pos-sible usage of this term as an alternative to ‘Orientalism’. It deals with the ‘Occidentalism on hadith’, which is a relatively new point of view/subject in the hadith studies in Turkey, with special attention to the characteristics of hadith Occidentalists. The names of Fuat Sezgin and Muhammad Mustafa al-A‘zamî have been taken as hadith Occidentalists. The paper evaluates the criticisms by them against the claims of Ignaz Goldziher, J. Schacht and G. H. A. Juynboll who were the representatives/pioneers of skeptic hadith criticism in the West. Especially their claims about formative period of hadith and hadith literature have been generally examined and compared with the opinions of other Muslim scholars and Orientalists who have produced works in this field.

Citation: Özcan Hidir, “Oryantalizme Karsi Oksidentalizm: Hadis Oksidentalizmi –Fuat Sezgin ve Mustafa el-A‘zamî Örnegi-”, (in Turkish), Hadis Tetkikleri Dergisi (HTD), V/1, 2007.

Key words: Occidentalism, Westernism, Science of al-Istigrâb, Hadith Orientalist , Hadith Occidentalism , Hadith Occidentalist A. Giris: Oksidentalizm/Garbiyatçilik Ya da ilmü’l-istigrâb.

  

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