Ruler Visibility and Popular Belonging in the Ottoman Empire, 1808-1908:

The first full narrative of 19th- century Ottoman cultural history, bringing together all social strata and religio-linguistic groupsDevotes a chapter to each of the four major sultans in the last century of the Ottoman EmpireDiscusses the themes of Ottoman imperial power and ideology, public space/...

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Main Author: Stephanov, Darin N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire : ESOE
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Summary:The first full narrative of 19th- century Ottoman cultural history, bringing together all social strata and religio-linguistic groupsDevotes a chapter to each of the four major sultans in the last century of the Ottoman EmpireDiscusses the themes of Ottoman imperial power and ideology, public space/sphere, the Tanzimat reforms, 'millet', modernity, nationalism, governmentality, and the modern stateSynthesises a new, 13-point model of modern belonging based on the concept of ruler visibilityCombines elements of micro and macro history, connecting core to peripherySources include a wide range of Ottoman archival documents, artistic production (poems, songs, prayers and eulogies, designs of fountains and clock towers), as well as newspaper articles, memoirs and personal correspondence in Ottoman and modern Turkish, Bulgarian, Russian, English, Hebrew, French and GermanThis book argues that the periodic ceremonial intrusion into the everyday lives of people across the Ottoman Empire - the annual royal birthday and accession-day celebrations - had multiple, far-reaching and largely unexplored consequences. On the one hand, it brought ordinary subjects into symbolic contact with the monarch and forged lasting vertical ties of loyalty to him, irrespective of language, location, creed or class. On the other hand, the rounds of royal celebration played a key role in the creation of new types of horizontal ties and ethnic group consciousness that crystallised into national movements and, after the empire's demise, national monarchies
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (256 pages) 37 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9781474441438
DOI:10.1515/9781474441438

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