{"product_id":"paris-te-otuz-bin-budist-ahmed-midhat-efendi","title":"Thirty Thousand Buddhists in Paris \/ Ahmed Midhat Efendi","description":"\u003cp\u003eAhmed Midhat Efendi penned this work following the rise in articles on Buddhism in the French press, particularly in newspapers such as Le Siècle and Le Presse. This interest in Buddhism began with the lectures given by the renowned French ethnologist Léon de Rosny at the Sorbonne University. By reading these articles and reviewing modern Orientalist sources, the author not only informs the Ottoman reader while presenting his own thoughts on the subject but also eventually directs the discourse toward the \"textuality\" of his own culture and religion. These articles, which were first published in the Tercüman-ı Hakikat newspaper, were later compiled into a book, resulting in the work titled Thirty Thousand Buddhists in Paris. The work was primarily written with educated and young readers in mind. Having set out in the 1870s with the aim of habituating all segments of society to reading and learning, the author turned his attention specifically to the younger, educated generation after the 1890s upon observing their wavering in the face of Western concepts. The work you are holding is an example of the products of this focus. By reminding us that the knowledge Europe claims to be universal is, in many cases, knowledge derived solely from its own conditions\/problems and peculiar to itself, the author once again loudly asserts that one must approach concepts with caution, arguing that this knowledge and these discussions are the product of European culture’s internal reckoning and, in most cases, do not concern the rest of the world. In particular, he states that concepts such as religion, science, and the like, which are the main subjects of the work, carry different meanings in the European and Islamic worlds, and that the concept of religion in European thought possesses a validity that can fundamentally be applied only within the context of Christianity and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Büyüyenay Yayınları","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45289911582962,"sku":null,"price":169.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/5088\/8690\/products\/pariste-otuz-bin-budist.jpg?v=1709139449","url":"https:\/\/koklerkitab.com\/en-arab\/products\/paris-te-otuz-bin-budist-ahmed-midhat-efendi","provider":"Kökler Kitab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}