Based on a field study carried out in Kirikkale, this study investigates the
transformation of religious tradesmen of small cities in Turkey with emphases
on : (a) the role of religious values within the free market economy / (b) the
& / #65533 / work ethics& / #65533 / of religious tradesmen and (c) the transformation process of
religious values within the present economic system. In the study, semistructured
in-depth interviews and official documents were used to collect the
research data. The thesis of Weber on the relationships between religious
values and the rational capitalism was examined to better understand the
work ethics and the religious values of religious tradesmen. The opinions of
Weber, Rodinson and Ü / lgener about the causes of the nonexistence of a
rational capitalism in the Islamic world were evaluated throughout the study.
In this respect, the emergence and the development of the Muslim guilds and
petty bourgeoisie within the traditional Islamic societies were also studied.
The research results suggest that the incorporation into the free market
economy brings about the transformation the religious economic convictions
or values. Therefore, the chance of survival and the applicability of such
religious values within this economic system seem to be impossible. In
summary, this particular research indicates that the religious tradesmen do
not face with serious contradictions in their economic activities. They rather
seem to be involved in a transformation and adaptation process in the free
market economy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/4/12604917/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2003 |
| Creators | Yildiz, Sitki |
| Contributors | Mutlu, Kayhan |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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