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Civilization and its Malcontents: On Teaching Western Humanities in "The New Turkey"

  • William Coker (author)
Chapter of: Rumba under Fire: The Arts of Survival from West Point to Delhi(pp. 121–144)

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TitleCivilization and its Malcontents
SubtitleOn Teaching Western Humanities in "The New Turkey"
ContributorWilliam Coker (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0134.1.12
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/rumba-under-fire/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
CopyrightCoker, William
Publisherpunctum books
Published on2016-02-29
Long abstractA statue of Kemal Atatürk greets visitors at the entry to the university where I teach. On its base is inscribed a motto whose implications for university life are as broad as its mean-ing is puzzling for those who have just arrived: “Biz medeniy-etten ilim ve fenden kuvvet alıyoruz”: “from civilization we gain knowledge, and from science strength.”What does the first half of this motto mean? When I’ve asked my students I’ve found that no one else seems to have noticed the inscription. It is part of that official language one hears everywhere spoken and nowhere seriously listened to. For me the import is all in the word medeniyet, whose dic-tionary meaning is “civilization.” I came here six years ago to teach “Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas.”
Page rangepp. 121–144
Print length24 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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