Pertev Naili Boratav: Bir Akademisyen ve Düşünce Adamı

Pertev Naili Boratav: An Academician and Thinker Book Description Pertev Naili Boratav is one of Turkey's internationally recognized and respected exceptional scientists. He achieved this through his works on a completely "native" subject, folklore and folk literature; He is a folklorist who has truly established local-universal integrity and brought a well-grounded interpretation of "cultural synthesis". However, this great scientist raised by Turkey was exposed to great pressure in his country, was liquidated from the university, and had to spend the most productive period of his scientific activity abroad... Mete Çetik, in his extremely meticulous research, tells the life story of Pertev Naili Boratav. tells. His tendency towards the left from his youth, when he was full of nationalist excitement; Antifascist publication initiatives during the Second World War; being one of the first victims of the anti-communist witch hunt of the Cold War; In his own words, "the pain of homesickness" and the years in France... His understanding of the West/Westernization/Westernism, nationalism, national identity, and of course his views on folk literature and folk culture... About Boratav's professional life as an academic, his "habit" There are vivid details in the book. A vivid portrait of a "great teacher" with his great enthusiasm and great determination... (From the Promotional Bulletin)