Best Selling Books by Arnold J. Toynbee

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Elinizde bulunan bu çalışma, hilafetin ilgasını, dönemin uluslararası ilişkileri çerçevesinde ele almakta ve bu süreci hazırlayan gelişmeleri değerlendirmeye tabi tutmaktadır. 1920''lerin sonlarına doğru kaleme alınmış olan bu çalışma, yirminci yüzyılın önemli tarihçilerinden biri olan ve uzun yıllar İngiliz istihbarat dairesinde de çalışmış bulunan Arnold J. Toynbee''nin hilafet problemine ilişkin gözlem ve değerlendirmelerinden oluşmaktadır. Doç. Dr. Hasan Aktaş tarafından Türkçeye kazandırılan bu çalışmanın önemi; hilafet kurumunu tarihsel bir perspektifte ele alarak bu bağlamda verdiği sistematik bilgiden kaynaklanmaktadır.

Excerpts from the Preface:"The subject of this book is the treatment of the civil population in the countries overrun by the German Armies during the first three months of the European War. The form of it is a connected narrative, based on the published documents and reproducing them by direct quotation or (for the sake of brevity) by reference."With the documents now published on both sides it is at last possible to present a clear narrative of what actually happened. The co-ordination of this mass of evidence, which has gradually accumulated since the first days of invasion, is the principal purpose for which the book has been written."

Poco antes de su muerte, Arnold Toynbee escribio el primer capitulo de este libro. ''Toda criatura humana viva sujeta a la muerte dice Toynbee se afana por conservar la vida... Algunas especies no humanas lloran, al igual que los seres humanos, por la perdida del companero... Pero de la fauna que habita la biosfera en torno del planeta Tierra, los seres humanos parecen ser los unicos que saben que han de morir.''Solo que, a diferencia del cuerpo fisico que al morir se desintegra para reintegrarse a la materia universal, la conciencia es invisible e impalpable.Que ocurre, pues, con la conciencia que ordena el vivir de un hombre? En una palabra: que ocurre con la personalidad? Este es el punto de partida de una indagacion apasionante. En este volumen se reunen respuestas al dilema de la vida despues de la muerte dadas desde perspectivas religiosas, antropologicas, cientificas, poeticas, en estudios sobre creencias de las sociedades primitivas de Cfrica, America, la India clasica, el Cercano Oriente, los pueblos islamicos y cristianos. La conclusion general es que la muerte no es el final. Un conjunto notable de escritores, filosofos, cientificos, ha procurado iluminar un ambito del que solo podemos tener experiencia cuando ya no podemos expresarla, pero del que poseemos intuiciones inapelables.En el deslumbrante capitulo final, Arthur KoestIer pasa revista a las hipotesis cientificas modernas, destaca la indole insustancial de elementos aparentemente concretos y elabora una teoria sobre la supervivencia que fascinara al lector mas esceptico.