Late Ottoman society : the intellectual legacy /

This volume brings together a fascinating set of essays dealing with intellectual developments in late Ottoman society. Under the impact of European expansionism and modernization, the Ottoman Empire underwent profound transformations. Through the chapters the reader will make the acquaintance of ou...

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Other Authors: Özdalga, Elisabeth, 1946-, Özdalga, Elisabeth, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005
New York : 2005
London ; New York : 2005
Series:SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East
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Table of Contents:
  • note: Introduction / Elisabeth Ozdalga
  • 1 Ottoman sources of Kemalist thought / Erik-Jan Zurcher
  • 2. Blueprints for a future society : late Ottoman materialists on science, religion, and art / Sukru Hanioglu
  • 3. Whom did Ahmed Cevdet represent? / Christoph K. Neumann
  • 4. Women in late Ottoman intellectual history / Elizabeth B. Frierson
  • 5. Turban and fez : ulema as opposition / Ismail Kara
  • 6. Pan-Islamism in practice : the rhetoric of Muslim unity and its uses / Adeeb Khalid
  • 7. 'Kutup ve Resail-i Mevkute' : printing and publishing in a multi-ethnic society / Johann Strauss
  • 8. Christian community schools during the Ottoman reform period / Aksin Somel
  • 9. Levantine state muftis : an Ottoman legacy? / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
  • 10. Albanian students of the Mekteb-i-Mulkiye : social networks and trends of thought / Nathalie Clayer.
  • Introduction / Elisabeth Ozdalga
  • 1 Ottoman sources of Kemalist thought / Erik-Jan Zurcher
  • 2. Blueprints for a future society : late Ottoman materialists on science, religion, and art / Sukru Hanioglu
  • 3. Whom did Ahmed Cevdet represent? / Christoph K. Neumann
  • 4. Women in late Ottoman intellectual history / Elizabeth B. Frierson
  • 5. Turban and fez : ulema as opposition / Ismail Kara
  • 6. Pan-Islamism in practice : the rhetoric of Muslim unity and its uses / Adeeb Khalid
  • 7. 'Kutup ve Resail-i Mevkute' : printing and publishing in a multi-ethnic society / Johann Strauss
  • 8. Christian community schools during the Ottoman reform period / Aksin Somel
  • 9. Levantine state muftis : an Ottoman legacy? / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
  • 10. Albanian students of the Mekteb-i-Mulkiye : social networks and trends of thought / Nathalie Clayer
  • App. Biographies of Albanian students of the Mekteb-i Mulkiye / Nathalie Clayer.