Şerif Mardin

Şerif Mardin
Born
Ahmed Halil Şerif Arif Mardin

1927 (1927)
Istanbul, Turkey
Died (aged 90)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Alma mater
Known for
  • Sociology of religion (Islam, in particular)
  • fundamentalism
  • political sociology
  • historical sociology (The Ottoman Empire)
  • intellectual history of the Ottoman Empire
Scientific career
FieldsSociology and political science
InstitutionsIstanbul Şehir University

Şerif Mardin (1927 – 6 September 2017) was a prominent Turkish sociologist, political scientist, academic and thinker. In a 2008 publication, he was referred to as the "doyen of Turkish sociology."

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