Research Article

Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings

Number: 63 April 30, 2025
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Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings

Abstract

Books are written sources of information that contribute to the history of civilization and culture. In certain periods of history books have been banned, destroyed, stolen, and removed for the personal interests of those responsible for their protection. The most effective and widespread way to destroy books has been to burn them. Incidents of book burnings that have happened for various reasons have mostly occurred in situations such as chaos and rebellion. Books have been burned in Athens, China, Jerusalem, England, Sarajevo, and Baghdad. The aim of this study is to examine the historical process and reasons for burning books through the events evoked by Fahrenheit 451 and stories of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Douglas Bradbury (1920-2012). Fahrenheit 451 is a novel in the science fiction genre. Accor ding to Bradbury, science fiction is also a sociological study of the future. The work stands out with the way it deals with social issues and people’s problems. Fahrenheit 451 builds a future based on a simple question: What if books were now just objects that were burned? Based on this question, it is necessary to emphasize that the book was written to prevent the feared situation from happening. Fahrenheit 451 is a book of warning. Bradbury envisions a future with advanced technology to stress that dependence on technology would change the structure of society and how people live as he fears that people will not read books in the future. In this study, information about books and book burning is given, based on the events in the Fahrenheit 451 novel and Fahrenheit 451 stories.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Turkish Islamic Literature

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

April 18, 2025

Publication Date

April 30, 2025

Submission Date

November 12, 2024

Acceptance Date

March 26, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 63

APA
Kalkandelen, A. H. (2025). Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, 63, 98-109. https://doi.org/10.29288/ilted.1584005
AMA
1.Kalkandelen AH. Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings. ilted. 2025;(63):98-109. doi:10.29288/ilted.1584005
Chicago
Kalkandelen, Ayşe Hilal. 2025. “Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, nos. 63: 98-109. https://doi.org/10.29288/ilted.1584005.
EndNote
Kalkandelen AH (April 1, 2025) Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi 63 98–109.
IEEE
[1]A. H. Kalkandelen, “Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings”, ilted, no. 63, pp. 98–109, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.29288/ilted.1584005.
ISNAD
Kalkandelen, Ayşe Hilal. “Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi. 63 (April 1, 2025): 98-109. https://doi.org/10.29288/ilted.1584005.
JAMA
1.Kalkandelen AH. Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings. ilted. 2025;:98–109.
MLA
Kalkandelen, Ayşe Hilal. “Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, no. 63, Apr. 2025, pp. 98-109, doi:10.29288/ilted.1584005.
Vancouver
1.Ayşe Hilal Kalkandelen. Fahrenheit 451, Books and History of Book Burnings. ilted. 2025 Apr. 1;(63):98-109. doi:10.29288/ilted.1584005