JADIDISM AS THE BEGINNING OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA
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Sunatillo Abdinabiyevich Abdivohidov
Oriental University, Samarkand Campus, Uzbekistan Associate Professor, PhD in Philosophy, Department of Social and Humanitarian Sciences
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- Keywords:
- Jadid, enlightenment, progress, national awakening, ijtihad, linguistic unity, women’s emancipation, language, language reform, orthography, prosperity.
- Abstract
- This article analyses the essence of Jadidism as a historical and philosophical phenomenon that initiated the formation of the age of enlightenment (ma‘rifatparvarlik) in Central Asia. On the basis of historical and philosophical sources, the study elucidates the conceptual apparatus of Jadidism, its historical and genetic roots, its leading representatives, its institutional forms (schools, the periodical press and societies) and the substance of its socio-political activity, and provides a scholarly substantiation of its role in the development of the region and in the process of national awakening.
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