The Idea of Healing in A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor

dc.contributor.authorVurmay, M. Ayça
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T16:26:54Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T16:26:54Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractA Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor is an essay and a narrative, illustrated with photographs, whichexplores the personal story of a country doctor as well as the story of society and humanity. The text discussesthe issues of healing and illness, concentrating on the social and human aspects of these concepts. It explores theidea of healing primarily as a social construct. It is observed that the figure of the healer is handled through theexamples of the doctor, as well as the master mariner and the storyteller with regard to humanism and socialresponsibility. Thus, “healing” is a metaphor in Berger’s view which signifies empathizing and human responsibility. Storytelling is a central concept in Berger’s outlook as Berger believes the storyteller is a healer as s/herescues the reader from absurdity while the healer/doctor is a storyteller who records the story of his patients, thecommunity. The aim of this article is to investigate the ideas of healing and the figure of the healer in A Fortunate Man, mainly in social and human terms. It is revealed that the value of a healer and the value of society aremeasured socially.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage22en_US
dc.identifier.issn1303-0094
dc.identifier.issn2149-5459
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage11en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid391206en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/391206
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/16460
dc.identifier.volume19en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titleThe Idea of Healing in A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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