Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism

VakıfBank Culture Publications makes a significant contribution to Turkey's intellectual life by bringing Culture and Anarchy, considered the masterpiece of Matthew Arnold, one of the important cultural commentators of the 19th century, into our language after 150 years. Matthew Arnold, who built a bridge between Edmund Burke, the founder of conservative thought, and Arnold Toynbee, the great historian of culture and civilization of the 20th century, with his style of handling history and society, was accepted as one of the most respected intellectuals of the Victorian Age. He has developed a unique understanding of culture and aesthetics with his essays on a wide range of subjects, from literature to social theory, from theology to architecture. In Culture and Anarchy, Arnold treats both concepts as absolute opposites of each other. It shows that culture is a search and study of perfection, and that the essential qualities of this search are beauty and intelligence, sweetness and light. Moreover, not only perfection but also the path to a life based on social order and trust passes through culture. Therefore, for Matthew Arnold, the social order under the auspices of the State as a super-entity is sacred; Culture is the greatest enemy of anarchy because it teaches us to have great expectations and plans in favor of the state.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 264

Size: 12.5 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2020

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language Turkish