Ruler Visibility and Popular Belonging in the Ottoman Empire, 1808-1908 (Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire)

Stephanov, Darin N.

Edinburgh University Press（2018/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474441414
• DDC分類 394.4095609034

Full Description

This book argues that the periodic ceremonial intrusion into the everyday lives of people across the Ottoman Empire, which the annual royal birthday and accession-day celebrations constituted, 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 crystallized into national movements and, after the empire's demise, national monarchies.

Contents

Introduction

The First Shift in (Modern) Ruler Visibility: The Reign of Mahmud II (1808-1839)
The Trope of Love, Its Variations, and Manifestations: The Reign of Abdülmecid (1839-1861)
Further Stimuli for and Patterns of Millet Accentuation and Differentiation: The Reign of Abdülaziz (1861-76)
The Second Shift in (Modern) Ruler Visibility: The Reign of Abdülhamid II (1876-1908)

ConclusionEpilogueBibliography