The Idea Of State In Pre-islamic Turkish Thought

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

1. CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEMS OF TURKISH THOUGHT
   1. Method
   2. Fundamentals of the State Idea
      1. 2.1- Existence
      2. 2.2- Order
      3. 2.3- The Ruler
         1. 2.3.1- War
         2. 2.3.2- Wisdom
2. CHAPTER II: THE CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE
   1. God
   2. The Heavens and the Earth
   3. Human Being
   4. The Soul
   5. The State
   6. The Structure of Religion
3. CHAPTER III: THE MODEL OF A WORLD STATE: The Myth of Oğuz Khan
4. CHAPTER IV: THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE STATE: The Orhon Inscriptions
   1. Order
   2. Address to the People
5. CHAPTER V: THE WISE RULER: Kutadgu Bilig
   1. Wisdom
   2. The State and the Ruler
      1. 2.1- Order
      2. 2.2- The State
      3. 2.3- The Ruler
   3. Critiques of Zahit
   4. The Commander
   5. The People

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX