İstanbul Aydınlanıyorken: 20. Yüzyıl Türkiyesi’nde Kent, Elektrik, Gündelik Hayat / As Istanbul Enlightens: Urban, Electricity and the Daily Practices in 20th Century Türkiye

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gökçen, Amed; Çetin, Lütfiye, author.

Language:

Turkish

Physical Description:

366 pages

Language Note:

Turkish, English

Notes:

From the perspective of sociology and politics, “electricity” recalls the period defined as the Enlightenment in the history of thought and two related concepts: reason and light. “Light” is the language of the electrical phenomenon translated into social sciences and sociology. Today, we have centuries of experience with electricity. This experience now takes on functions that go beyond mere illumination. Modern people have used electricity not only for lighting but also to construct the darkness they desire and sometimes to close off the night from the public sphere. The literature on electricity, focusing on the Silahtarağa Power Plant, plays a fundamental role in navigating an “electric” field and even constructing “electric fields” in a social sense. These roles and functions in the construction of the social field indicate that electricity will occupy a dominant place in imaginings of the society of the future. This book focuses on the story and socio-spatial-cultural memory of an industrial institution that introduced electricity to Istanbul. In this respect, it carries a meaning beyond simply telling the story of a place. As Istanbul Enlightens: Urban, Electricity and the Daily Practices in 20th Century Türkiye brings together carefully and thematically arranged articles that guide the reader through almost every stage of this story.

ISBN:

9786053996521