Routledge Revivals Turkish Nationalism and Western Civilization

Turkish Nationalism and Western Civilization (1959) presents Ziya Gökalp’s synthesis of nationalism, Islam and Western civilization. Gökalp (1876–1924) deserves the attention of social practitioners for his insight into the problems of accommodating non-Western cultures and Western civilization progressively and creatively. Turkish Nationalism and Western Civilization (1959) presents Ziya Gökalp’s synthesis of nationalism, Islam and Western civilization in a developmental and systematic way. More than as a sociologist, poet, man of public affairs, or ideological slogan-maker, Ziya Gökalp (1876–1924) deserves the attention of social practitioners and scientists for his insight into the problems of accommodating non-Western cultures and Western civilization progressively and creatively.