Late Ottoman society [[electronic resource] ] : the intellectual legacy / / edited by Elisabeth Özdalga

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458052403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-29474-3; 1-280-15767-4; 0-203-48138-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Collana: SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East ; ; 3
• Classificazione: 15.59
• Altri autori (Persone): ÖzdalgaElisabeth <1946->
• Disciplina: 306/.09561
• Soggetti: Scholars - Turkey; Electronic books.; Turkey Social conditions 1288-1918; Turkey Economic conditions 1288-1918; Turkey Intellectual life 19th century; Turkey Civilization; Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918; Syria History 1516-1918; Albania History 1878-1912
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Late Ottoman Society: The Intellectual Legacy; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Ottoman sources of Kemalist thought; 2 Blueprints for a future society: Late Ottoman materialists on science, religion, and art; 3 Whom did Ahmed Cevdet represent?; 4 Women in Late Ottoman intellectual history; 5 Turban and fez: Ulema as opposition; 6 Pan-Islamism in practice: The rhetoric of Muslim unity and its uses; 7 'Kütüp ve Resail-i Mevkute': Printing and publishing in a multi-ethnic society; 8 Christian community schools during the Ottoman reform period9 Levantine state muftis: An Ottoman legacy?; 10 The Albanian students of the Mekteb-i Mülkiye: Social networks and trends of thought; ; Appendix; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When the Ottomans commenced their modernizing reforms in the 1830s, they still ruled over a vast empire. In addition to today's Turkey, including Anatolia and Thrace, their power reached over Mesopotamia, North Africa, the Levant, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. The Sultanate was at the apex of a truly multi-ethnic society. Modernization not only brought market principles to the economy and more complex administrative controls as part of state power, but also new educational institutions as well as new ideologies. Thus new ideologies developed and nationalism emerged, which became a political r