%0 Journal Article %T Problems of Islamic Political Philosophy in Classical and Modern Texts %A Muhammet £¿zdemir %J - %D 2018 %X This study examines the approaches of Islamic political texts to social and political issues, both in classical and modern ages. The classical texts can be classified in two different traditions; namely, those which adopt a Greek-style discourse, such as al-F¨¡r¨¡b¨©¡¯s political works and those which prefers al-fiqh traditional and bureaucratic style, such as al-M¨¡ward¨©¡¯s and Niz¨¡m al-Mulk¡¯s works. On the other hand, Islamic political texts of mo-dern era entertain mainly reflexive and defensive strategies, presupposing an ideal age in the past as a point of departure and return. This is the case in al-Mawd¨±d¨©¡¯s and Sayyid Qutb¡¯s works. The thoughts of Niccol¨° Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes and especially those of John Rawls are taken as analyzing criteria in this study. In the scope of epistemology and political philosophy, the Anglo-Saxon tradition has some corresponding cultural goods which can be appropriated for the political needs of modern Islamic societies. On that note, it appears that there are two main approaches in the political philosophy, namely ¡°the conceptualistic approach¡± and ¡°the experimental approach¡±. The political works of al-F¨¡r¨¡b¨©, al-Mawd¨±d¨© and Qutb employ the conceptualistic approach. While the works of al-M¨¡ward¨©, Niz¨¡m al-Mulk, Niccol¨° Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes and especially John Rawls use the experimental approach %K John Rawls %K £¿slam Siyaset Felsefesi %K Farab£¿ %K Maverd£¿ %K Nizam¨¹lm¨¹lk %K Mevd£¿d£¿ %K Seyyid Kutub %K kavramc£¿ yakla£¿£¿m %U http://dergipark.org.tr/eskiyeni/issue/40792/466702