The Retrospect of a Versatile Thinker: Sabahattin Eyuboglu and History Cover Image

Çok Yönlü Bir Fİkİr Adamının Geçmişe Bakışı: Sabahattİn Eyuboğlu ve Tarİh
The Retrospect of a Versatile Thinker: Sabahattin Eyuboglu and History

Author(s): Seval Yinilmez Akagündüz, Ümüt Akagündüz
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: history; humanism; Blue Anatolianism; magazines;

Summary/Abstract: Sabahattin Eyuboğlu (1908–1973) is a remarkable character of the intellectual world in terms of his opinions on universality, nationalism and locality. He is interested in various areas such as art, literature and translation, and benefits from Humanism, Village Institutes, Westernization and Blue Anatolia. Eyuboğlu takes reason and science as the basis for his works believing that people should be the criteria for the political and social life. His articles, essays and criticisms were published in Ağaç, İmece, İnsan, Kültür Haftası, Tan, Tıpta Yenilikler, Ufuklar, Ulus, Ülkü, Varlık, Yaprak, Yeditepe ve Yeni Ufuklar. According to him, chronological transfer isn’t useful in history. The history should raise the awareness of public. Therefore, the past should live in mind; but it should never prevail at present. Eyuboğlu wrote not only a lot of literary texts but also on history. He thinks that historians should avoid from anachronisms and memorizing. As for Anatolian’s cultures, holistic view are cruces his history idea. Eyuboğlu claims that western world’s cultures heritage exist in Anatolia defends people and humans concept.

  • Issue Year: 17/2011
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 187-206
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Turkish