Late Ottoman Society: The Intellectual LegacyThis 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 outstanding personalities such as the Ottoman historian Ahmed Cevdet, the radical atheist Abdullah Cevdet, and the nationalist/socialist Ziya Gökalp; intellectual movements like the Westerners (Garpçilar), part of the larger Young Turk opposition; ideologies like Pan-Islamism, constitutionalism and liberalism; religious institutions like the state mufti; educational institutions like the Mülkiye(School of Public Administrations) and the Christian community schools and printing and publishing activities, including the women's magazine Hanimlara mahsus gazette(The Ladies' Own Gazette). |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Ottoman sources of Kemalist thought | 14 |
Late Ottoman materialists on science religion and art | 28 |
3 Whom did Ahmed Cevdet represent? | 117 |
4 Women in Late Ottoman intellectual history | 135 |
Ulema as opposition | 162 |
The rhetoric of Muslim unity and its uses | 201 |
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| Title | Late Ottoman Society: The Intellectual Legacy Routledge/SOAS contemporary politics and culture in the Middle East series Volume 3 of SOAS RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East: School of Oriental and African Studies Volume 3 of SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East |
| Editor | Elisabeth Özdalga |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0415341647, 9780415341646 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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