Turkish Nationalism and Western Civilization Selected Essays of Ziya Gökalp

<p><i>Turkish Nationalism and Western Civilization </i>(1959) presents Ziya Gökalp's synthesis of nationalism, Islam and Western civilization in a developmental and systematic way. More than as a sociologist, poet, man of public affairs, or ideological slogan-maker, Ziya Gökalp (1876-1924) deserves the attention of social practitioners and scientists for his insight into the problems of accommodating non-Western cultures and Western civilization progressively and creatively.</p>