Research Article

Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction

Volume: 27 Number: 2 July 15, 2017
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Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction

Abstract

The westernization of Turkish society starts with the situation of Ottoman Empire’s backwardness against western countries in the fields of politics, economy and military. The peak of the movement is in 1839 with the Rescript of Gülhane. With the Rescript of Gülhane, beside all the other fields, in literature and arts, relations has gained momentum with the West. New perceptions of human, new literary perceptions and expressions attracted the intellectuals of the era. One of the prominent figure of the intellectuals of the era, Şinasi has contributed in great deal to westernization. By focusing on the human and world perception of the West, he stressed the rationalist thoughts of XVIII. Century French intellectual writers. By doing this, he developed new approaches and ideas to basic issues such as human, God, life and the world and positions himself against old tradition. Even in metaphysical matters, he favors a ‘today’s human’ who uses his mind and intellect. In his poems and articles he made remarkable chances,-maybe not in terms of language but- in terms of thought. During his stay in France, his interest in intellectuals a century before reveals what he understands from westernization. Seeing westernization as social change and transformation, Şinasi contributed remarkably in his own account to the movement.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 15, 2017

Submission Date

October 25, 2017

Acceptance Date

March 21, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 27 Number: 2

APA
Aydın, A. (2017). Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, 27(2), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.346471
AMA
1.Aydın A. Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2017;27(2):17-26. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.346471
Chicago
Aydın, Abdulhalim. 2017. “Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 27 (2): 17-26. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.346471.
EndNote
Aydın A (July 1, 2017) Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 27 2 17–26.
IEEE
[1]A. Aydın, “Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction”, Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 17–26, July 2017, doi: 10.18069/firatsbed.346471.
ISNAD
Aydın, Abdulhalim. “Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 27/2 (July 1, 2017): 17-26. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.346471.
JAMA
1.Aydın A. Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2017;27:17–26.
MLA
Aydın, Abdulhalim. “Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 27, no. 2, July 2017, pp. 17-26, doi:10.18069/firatsbed.346471.
Vancouver
1.Abdulhalim Aydın. Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2017 Jul. 1;27(2):17-26. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.346471

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