Uludağ Konuşmaları

by İoanna Kuçuradi

55 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1994

About the author

Prof. Kuçuradi was born on 4 October 1936 in Istanbul, Turkey. After studies in Philosophy at Istanbul University, she graduated with a Ph.D. in 1965. Ioanna Kuçuradi has been working as an Assistant Professor at the University of Istanbul and the Atatürk University in Erzurum. She was Founder and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Hacettepe University where she also taught as Professor of Philosophy. From 1997 to 2005, Prof. Kuçuradi was Founding Director of the Centre for Research and Application of the Philosophy of Human Rights at Hacattepe University. She is also Holder ofa UNESCO Chair of Philosophy since 1998. Since 2006, Prof. Kuçuradi teaches philosophy and acts as Director of the Centre for Research and Application of Human Rights at Maltepe University.

Reviews

[Uğur · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all, I should say that the students of the Faculty of Education of Uludag University were very lucky.

I don't know how well they were able to use this chance, but they could have consulted with him personally by presenting arguments against Kuçuradi's philosophy, while at the same time being able to obtain a wealth of knowledge and perspective in the face of Kuçuradi's philosophy of freedom, culture and morality.

Since I completely agree with Kuçuradi's understanding and philosophy of freedom, as well as being opposed to the concepts of morality and culture, I criticized the philosophy that he put forward about these power devices in this work. However, since he has a 'constructive' moral and cultural philosophy that cannot be overlooked, I think it is necessary to take such valuable names very seriously.

Since Kuçuradi's moral philosophy has an ethically based perspective, every sentence he says and writes about the subject stands at a point that is related to human values and personally related to conscience. At this point, there are question marks about why it should be called "morality". Because, of course, a conscious and conscientious person can realize the aforementioned attitude without adhering to the moral norms determined by the society in which he lives. Morality stands before us only as a term at the point of Kuçuradi philosophy. Therefore, culture also stands before us as a term that is shaped within the framework of the norms determined by society and shaped by the owners of power as well as society. The discourses created under these terms are directly related to limiting the human being. This creates the biggest obstacle to the emergence of the "conscious and conscientious person" I have mentioned. Culture also acquires a qualifying adjective mission in line with the determined morale, but in such societies.

The other side of the coin is the fact that these limited personalities think of anti-morality as equal immorality. Immorality is not directly related to morality, but is a reflection of a personality devoid of consciousness and conscience (that is, corrupt). Kuçuradi philosophy is an important philosophy that should be based on this point. The moral phenomenon he mentioned is based on this foundation. The morality that lies outside of this and that society maintains with the majority* is nothing but limiting a person. Likewise, the culture...

The book is a stone about the dynamics of the intellectual infrastructure of our country, which was thrown into the well. By building on this beautiful point of view and philosophy of Kuchuradi, both personal and social development can be achieved in a very correct way. Therefore, the book has a very valuable content. Have a pleasant reading.

[Fulya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Böyle bir kafanın bu topraklardan çıkıp Türkçe yazması bizim için bir değerdir. İçinde yaşadığımız vasatlar çağının çok üstünden bir yerlerden sesleniyor Kuçuradi Kant’ı kendine pusula yaparak. Kitabında bahsettiği “ruhu işleyen” kişilerden, iyi ki doğmuş, tüm ömrünü düşünmeye ve bizleri de düşündürmeye adamış güçlü bir zihin. Var olsun.