Current standard narratives of Ottoman, Balkan, and Middle East history overemphasise the role of nationalism in the transformation of the region. Challenging these accounts, this book argues that religious affiliation was in fact the most influential shaper of communal identity in the Ottoman era,...

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Main Author:	Anscombe, Frederick F. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Subjects:	Geschichte Nationalismus Religion Islam and state / Turkey / History Islam and state / Balkan Peninsula / History Islam and state / Middle East / History Nationalism / Turkey / Religious aspects / History Nationalism / Balkan Peninsula / Religious aspects / History Nationalism / Middle East / Religious aspects / History Islam Naher Osten Türkei Turkey / History / Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Balkanhalbinsel Osmanisches Reich
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	Current standard narratives of Ottoman, Balkan, and Middle East history overemphasise the role of nationalism in the transformation of the region. Challenging these accounts, this book argues that religious affiliation was in fact the most influential shaper of communal identity in the Ottoman era, that religion moulded the relationship between state and society, and that it continues to do so today in lands once occupied by the Ottomans. The book examines the major transformations of the past 250 years to illustrate this argument, traversing the nineteenth century, the early decades of post-Ottoman independence, and the recent past. In this way, the book affords unusual insights not only into the historical patterns of political development but also into the forces shaping contemporary crises, from the dissolution of Yugoslavia to the rise of political Islam
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xix, 323 pages)
ISBN:	9781107323926
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781107323926