Yenilenme İhtiyacı ve İslâm Mezhepleri Tarihi Çalışmalarında Yöntem Arayışları

Abstract

During the transition period from the Tanzimat to the republic, western developments and especially
the orientalist scientific researches showed their effects, either positive or negative, on Islamic fields.
In this period, Muslim intellectuals, who were opposed to positivist thoughts and the reductionist
approach of West to Islam, not only supported their religious values, but also criticized themselves in
case of method and mentality. Since Islamic sciences were unable to satisfy the needs of that time, the
requirement of renewal and reform came into minds. In this way, a lot of treatises had been written in
basic Islamic sciences, especially in interpretation and Islamic law. The science of History of Islamic
Sects, which was not an independent Islamic Science in the Tazminat period, has benefited from these
developments. Since it was meaningless to answer the questions about the sects and thoughts that
were already removed from the historical view and literature; the requirement of determining a new
method for the religions and views, which were opposed to Islam, has been a debate. Looking for new
solutions and the requirement of renewal gave rise History of Islamic Sects to become an independent
science. In this context, the History of Islamic Sects’ journey to become an independent science again
and the field’s background that affected the method of the science will be analysed.