HAZİRAN AYINDA BU KİTABI OKUDUM - 3

KİTABIN ADI	Kültür Mitleri (Founding Gods, Inventing Nations)
KİTABIN YAZARI	William F. Mc Cants
KİTABIN ÇEVİRMENİ	Merve Tabur
KİTABIN YAYINEVİ	İthaki Yayınevi
KİTABIN BASKI YILI	2012
KİTABIN BASKI SAYISI	1. Baskı
KİTABIN SAYFA SAYISI	198 sayfa
KİTABIN DİZGİ/BASKI KALİTESİ	10/10
KİTABIN YAZIM-DİL KALİTESİ	10/10
KİTABIN EDEBİ/SANATSAL/TARİHSEL DEĞERİ	10/10

Kuşkusuz insanlık tarihinden günümüze bir çok mit vardır. Bilinen ve bilinmeyenler iç içe girmiş, bilgi ile hurafe zamanla birbirine karışmış, bir çok bilgi kimlik ve biçim değiştirmiş ve tüm bunlar yüzyıllar boyu insanları etkilemiş, bir anlamda da şekillendirmiştir.  Bugün tüm toplumlar, geçmişlerinden aldıkları kültür birikimlerini ya üstüne ilave ederek, kısmen biçimini değiştirip farklılaştırarak gelecek nesillerine aktarmaktadır. Kuşkusuz bu aktarımda, geçmişten gelene, farklı toplum ve kültürlerden gelen bilgiler de sürekli eklenmektedir. İşte bu kitapta yukarıdaki birikimlerin ilk izleri sürülmeye çalışılmakta. Farklı kültürlerde, örneğin ilk tarımı bulan, ilk dili konuşan, ilk demiri keşfeden, ilk ekmeği yapan gibi kültür mitleri araştırılıyor. Eski Yunan ve Roma’da, İslamın ilk dönemlerinde uygarlık adımlarının kökenleri araştıran, keşifler katalogları düzenleyen yazarların yarattığı bilgi birikimi paylaşılıyor. Tarihi, kültürün kökenlerini ve eski toplumların kültür paylaşımlarını merak edenler için çok değerli, okunası ve saklanası bir kitap.

William McCants, Ph.D. is an analyst at CNA's Center for Naval Analyses where he focuses on al-Qaeda, terrorism, and Middle Eastern politics. He is also adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins’ Krieger School. From 2009-2011, McCants served as Senior Adviser for Countering Violent Extremism in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department. Prior to that he was the program manager of the Minerva Initiative in OSD-Policy; an analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses and SAIC; and a fellow at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center. McCants is the founder of Jihadica.com, a group blog that explains the global jihadi movement. The blog has been featured on the cover of the New York Times and rated by Technorati as one of the top one hundred blogs on global politics. Wired magazine recently described it as “the gold standard in militant studies.” McCants is the editor of the Militant Ideology Atlas and the author of a forthcoming Foreign Affairs article on al-Qaeda. In 2005, he translated an Arabic book written by an al-Qaeda strategist. This fall, Princeton University Press is publishing McCants’ book Founding Gods, Inventing Nations: Conquest and Culture Myths from Antiquity to Islam.  Recent Work: Citation analysis of jihadist ideologues; Muslim Brotherhood politics in the Middle East; jihadist recantations of violence; counter-recruitment programming; countering AQ propaganda online Education: Ph.D. and M.A. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, M.A. in Near Eastern Studies from University of Arizona, B.S. in History from Lander University Languages: Arabic and Persian Publications of Interest: · Founding Gods, Inventing Nations: Conquest and Culture Myths from Antiquity to Islam (Princeton University Press, 2012). · “Al-Qaeda’s Challenge” Foreign Affairs (Sept/Oct 2011). · “Don’t Be Evil: What Google Doesn’t Get About Violent Extremism—And How It Can Do Better.” Foreign Policy (June 30, 2011). · “Zawahiri Speaks.” Foreign Policy (June 9, 2011). · “The al-Qaeda Zawahiri Inherits.” Foreign Policy (June 16, 2011). · “A Gaping Hole.” Foreign Policy (May 2, 2011). · “Review of Gilles Kepel and Jean-Pierre Milelli, Al Qaeda in its Own Words, and Bernard Rougier, Everyday Jihad,” International Journal of Middle East Studies (forthcoming). · “Review of John Kelsey’s Arguing the Just War in Islam,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 2008 76(4): 1028-1031. · Translator, Abu Bakr Naji, The Management of Savagery, 256 pages (sponsored by Olin Institute at Harvard). · “The Origins of Islam and Islamism.” In Terrorism and Political Islam (West Point, 2007). · Militant Ideology Atlas (West Point, N.Y.: Combating Terrorism Center, 2007). 383-page study of militant Islamist intellectual networks. · “Stealing Al-Qa'ida's Playbook.” With Jarret Brachman. In Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29, no. 4 (2006): 309-321. Recent Talks and Presentations: · “Building Communities on a Foundation of Mistrust: Jihadi Discussion Forums.” History Department, Florida State University, April 2009. · “Community Life on Jihadi Forums.” Near Eastern Studies Dept., Princeton University, September 2008. · “From Forum Fighters to Foreign Fighters: The Minimal Role of Jihadi Forums in Radicalization.” Danish Institute for International Studies, September 2008. · “Al-Qaeda Today.” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, August 2008.