On the transformation of social movements: An analysis from the East-West Axis

As social entities, people could come together and create regular relations and institutions. Concepts such as group, community, society, social movement, etc. are about the social dimension of man. However, according to the conditions of the social, political, religious, and physical environment in which the person lives, their needs and problems can change. As a natural consequence of this, social characteristics of social movements can change. It is inevitable to value new social movements in this respect. Because new social movements in the West are born from a critical intellectual atmosphere against modernity. This situation has developed in an economic system based on the service sector rather than economic-order-based on heavy industry. On the other hand, the Eastern world, especially the Islamic world, has a repertoire of social movements that brings different problems to the agenda because it has different conditions. In this respect, new observations and analyses of Turkey and its surrounding will provide important contributions to the theory of social movements. © 2018, IGI Global. All rights reserved