Considerations on “Westernization” and Modernization” : El-Tahtawi and Dostoyevski
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- İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi
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Abstract (2. Language):
In the first half of the 19th century two different writers vis ited Paris, one of which was El-
Tahtawi and the other Dostoyevski. Both of them wrote famous books reflecting their
impressions and thoughts about “the West” and especially about Paris. In this artic le their
views and images of “the West”, their position with respect to Western culture and the
process of modernization which was inevitably introduced in their native countries, Egypt and
Russia are discussed and compared. The tension reflected in their work is not only a matter of
“East and West” but also much more an endless search to reconcile the values and ways of
life of the global and the local.
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Abstract (Original Language):
19.yüzyilin ilk yarisinda Paris’i ziyaret eden iki farkli düsünürün, Tahtavi ve
Dostoyevski’nin Bati’ya iliskin gözlem ve düsüncelerini içeren kitaplari Bati kültürü,
yasantisi, düsüncesi ve kendi ülkeleri hakkinda önemli tartisma ve gerilim noktalari
içermektedir. Bu çalismada yazarlarin “Bati” hakkindaki görüs leri, Bati kültürü ve kendi
ülkelerinde geri dönüssüz bir biçimde baslamis olan modernlesme sürec i karsisindaki
konumlanislari karsilastirilmakta ve tartisilmaktadir. Misir ve Rusya’da 19.yüzyil baslarinda
baslayan ve giderek hiz kazanan modernlesmeye iliskin sorunlar her iki yazarin eserlerinde
yansimasini bulur. Eserlerine yansiyan gerilim yalnizca bir “Dogu-Bati” sorunu degil, küresel
ve yerel deger ve yasam biç imlerini bulusturmayi hedefleyen sonsuz çabanin ürünüdür.
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