The Production of Space: Everyday Life in Medina in The Period of The Prophet Muḥammad (PhD. Dissertation)

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The Production of Space: Everyday Life in Medina in The Period of The Prophet Muḥammad (PhD. Dissertation)

Journal Title: ULUM - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 1

Abstract

The theory of the production of space used in our study, which was put forward in 1974 by Henri Lefebvre in his book The Production of Space, brought about many space discussions in social theory. The book, which claims to put forward a general theory of space, has been the subject of controversy, but it is noteworthy that it is one of the most frequently used sources of space studies. The aim of this study is to re-read the theory mentioned in the book. Because a different perspective will be brought to the social relations and problems that are encountered every day in social life and which are tried to be understood, explained and solved by the related researches. This study, The Production of Space: Everyday Life in Medina in The Period of The Prophet Muḥammad(PhD. Dissertation, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of History, Ankara, Turkey, 2019) aims to provide an important perspective on understanding the intellectual roots of the problem even if it does not provide a concrete and direct contribution to the solution of social problems. The research problem of the thesis is the evaluation of the processes of production of space (in the case of Medina) in the context of the theory of the production of space, which occupies an important place in space discussions in social theory. What is space? What does the space cover? How is the space produced? How does space affect daily life? Based on such a research problem, two dimensions of the scope and purpose of the thesis can be mentioned. First of all, the thesis should be evaluated in two categories as theoretical and research scope. In terms of theoretical/conceptual scope, the thesis is examined in three axes. The first axis is the philosophy of space based on what the concept of space is, and the relationship between the philosophy of space and the theory of production of space, which is written by the same name that stands out in a number of works of Lefebvre, and the theory that is adopted as a basis. Although the definitions and propositions of many philosophers and theorists are discussed here, the theory of the production of space constitutes the backbone of the theoretical context of the thesis. In this context, the theoretical/conceptual aim of our thesis is to make a detailed reading of the related theory and to evaluate the structural/conceptual frameworks that emerge in the theory. The first step of the theoretical dimension is to evaluate the conceptual, structural and factual components that come forward especially with a detailed reading of the book The Production of Spaceand to functionalize the relevant theory for space research in a concrete context. In other words, it is an indirect interpretation of the possibilities and limitations of the theory in the context of concrete time-space with functionalized frameworks. The second axis of the theoretical/conceptual scope is the concept of daily life, which is closely related to the theory of production of space. In this title, what is the concept of daily life, how it is institutionalized and where / how it takes place in the eyes of theoreticians/theorists as a reality is examined. The historical process and basic principles of the concept, which has become increasingly important as sociology of daily life, are discussed in detail in a timely and concrete relationship with chronological discussions. The main purpose of this second stage is to create an undefined, undefined, undefined behaviors, wishes, how and in which processes the individuals who are involved, adopted, adopted, defined the social institutions, spaces that were previously used to, and who were involved in the social reality with the roles they took in the societies where the space was produced. and the complex character of this organization process. Another conceptual purpose is to help the concept, which is evaluated in a very complex and wide range, to find a place on a more reasonable and more grounded ground. Therefore in our research, we went to a limitation in the context of time-space. Before they give hints about daily life or before the emigration (hijra). We excluded the narratives, events or people that emerged after Muḥammad. In addition, we did not include some features such as fezâil, which we think did not give information about the everyday life of Medina. The third and last axis of the conceptual/theoretical scope is the part where body theory is discussed in terms of its close interest to both space and society. In this section, where the place and importance of body concept which constitutes the backbone of the research scope are discussed, the theoretical framework has been tried to be put forward more clearly. The second dimension of the thesis, the aim of the scope of the research in the context of the production process of space and space, especially Muḥammad during the Medina's daily life is to reveal the narrative. For this reason, firstly, the temporal and spatial dimension of the Medina was briefly discussed. In this study, which can also be seen as a background study, In the period of Muḥammad, the city of Medina was trying to be brought to the forefront as a spatial scope. The choice of such scope can be justified in several respects. The first of these is the scattered and closed-up former name of Yasrib, which has been subjected to a pagan culture, conflict, fighting and war throughout history, and remains far from a central authority and political unity. Besides, Yesrib people are a full agricultural society in terms of the climate and geographical location of the region; It is also known as a full trade society with the control of the economic power of the Jews which is another element of the region. The Jews and Arabs, who had to lead a mutualist life, naturally used the commonplaces of daily life, such as the farmland and the bazaar, like common areas. With the introduction of a different element in the region with Islam and Muslims, some things completely disappeared, some of them caused changes in forms and also caused some developments that were put forward / extracted for the first time in the region. Here, one of the main objectives of the research scope of the thesis study is the source of a rich literature accumulation of the space, city, urbanization process and the changes that occurred in the region in the following decade with the emigration and the contribution of these changes to urbanization on existing life forms present The aim of this study is to determine whether the characteristics of Arab society overlap with the characteristics of body theory. Briefly, in this thesis study based on space theory, the processes of the production of space and space during the period of Muḥammad are handled in terms of reflection at everyday life.

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İlyas Uçar

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EP ID EP621188
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3355759
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