This article examines capitalism as a historical, economic, and intellectual system, tracing its emergence from the collapse of feudalism to the twentieth century while analyzing its commercial and industrial phases, ideological foundations, and the reactions it provoked, particularly socialism and critiques of imperialism.

This article analyzes ideology as a systematic method oriented toward specific goals, exploring its historical meaning, defining criteria, relationship with belief, and the possibility of personal and non-political ideologies in contemporary thought.

This article examines Plato’s concept of justice as presented in The Republic, focusing on justice as harmony within the individual soul and functional order within society, grounded in merit, balance, and the alignment of human nature with social roles.

This article examines Erich Fromm’s concept of religion, presenting religion as any shared system of orientation and devotion that gives human life meaning, and distinguishing between authoritarian and humanistic forms of religious life.

This article examines Émile Durkheim’s concept of religion, presenting religion as a fundamentally social phenomenon grounded in the distinction between the sacred and the profane, functioning as a primary mechanism of social integration and collective identity.

This article analyzes Max Weber’s concept of religion, presenting religion as a worldview that gives meaning to human existence and actively shapes social structures, economic behavior, and forms of rationality.

This article examines Karl Marx’s and Friedrich Engels’ understanding of religion, presenting it as an ideological and social phenomenon that emerges from material conditions, alienation, and class relations rather than from divine revelation.

This article examines Sigmund Freud’s concept of religion, presenting religion as a collective neurosis and psychological illusion arising from childhood dependency, unconscious conflict, and the human need for protection and security.

This article examines Ludwig Feuerbach’s understanding of religion, arguing that religion is not a divine reality but a projection of human essence, emotions, and ideals onto an imagined transcendent being.

This article analyzes the conceptual relationship between religion and ideology, arguing that both function as comprehensive worldviews and life projects, while the Qur’an distinguishes between true religion grounded in divine authority and false systems rooted in human construction.

This article analyzes the relationship between religion and belief, arguing that religion functions as an objective, divinely determined system, while belief represents a subjective, individual, and experiential dimension inherent to human nature.

This article examines how religion is conceptualized in Islamic literature, showing that Muslim scholars primarily define religion through Islam itself, emphasizing revelation, divine origin, and the unity of faith and practice as a comprehensive system guiding both individual and social life.

This article examines how religion has been conceptualized in Western literature by focusing on its anthropological, psychological, sociological, and philosophical interpretations, emphasizing religion’s functional and experiential dimensions rather than its metaphysical structure.