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1 online resource (608 pages) |
| Series |
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East Ser |
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Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Citations; Introduction; 1 What Is Ottoman Political Thought?; 2 Scope and Aims: the Quest for Innovation; 3 A Note on "Modernity"-Early or Not; 4 Trends and Currents: for a Thematic Description of Ottoman Political Thought; Chapter 1 The Empire in the Making: Construction and Early Critiques; 1 Opposition to Imperial Policies as an Indicator of Gazi Political Ideas; 1.1 Yahşi Fakih and Aşıkpaşazade; 1.2 Apocalyptic Literature as a Vehicle for Opposition; 2 The Introduction of Imperial Ideals; 2.1 Ahmedi and Other Persianate Works |
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2.2 The Main Themes of Early Ottoman "Mirrors for Princes" Texts3 Shifting Means of Legitimization; Chapter 2 "Political Philosophy" and the Moralist Tradition; 1 Works of Ethico-political Philosophy: from Amasi to Kınalızade; 2 Moral Philosophy as Political Theory; 2.1 A Political Economy; 2.2 The Beginning and Principles of Government; 2.3 The adab Element in ahlak Literature; 3 The Afterlife of a Genre; Chapter 3 The Imperial Heyday: the Formation of the Ottoman System and Reactions to It; 1 The Basis of the Ottoman Synthesis: Ebussuud and the Reception of Ibn Taymiyya |
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1.1 Dede Cöngi Efendi and the Legitimization of Kanun1.2 Between State and Legal Thought; 2 A New Legitimacy; 3 Reactions to the Imperial Vision; 3.1 The Ulema Opposition to the Süleymanic Synthesis; 4 The Iranian Tradition Continued: Bureaucrats, Sufis, and Scholars; 4.1 The Scribal Tradition; 4.2 Celalzade and the Glorification of the Empire; 5 Lütfi Pasha and the Beginning of the Ottoman "Mirror for Princes"; 6 As a Conclusion: the Ideas at Hand, the Forces at Work; Chapter 4 "Mirrors for Princes": the Decline Theorists; 1 Ottoman Authors and the "Decline" Paradigm |
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1.1 In Lütfi Pasha's Footsteps2 Mustafa Ali and "the Politics of Cultural Despair"; 2.1 Innovations, Abuses, Disorders: the Ottoman World According to Ali; 2.2 Ali as a Landmark of Ottoman Thought; 3 Ali's Contemporaries, Facing the Millenium; 3.1 Hasan Kâfi Akhisari, Üveysi; Chapter 5 The "Golden Age" as a Political Agenda: the Reform Literature; 1 The Canonization of Decline; 1.1 "Constitutionalism" and Charismatic Rulership; 2 The Landmarks of Declinist Literature; 2.1 Murad IV's Counselors: Koçi Bey and His Circle; 2.2 Decline and Redress; 2.3 The Sultan and His Government |
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3 Administration Manuals: an Ottoman Genre3.1 Sanctifying Janissary and Landholding Regulations: the Early Seventeenth Century; 4 The Afterlife of the Genre: Late Seventeenth-Century Manuals; 4.1 Parallel Texts: Eyyubî Efendi, Kavânîn-i osmanî, Dımışkî; Chapter 6 The "Sunna-Minded" Trend; 1 The Controversy of the Century? The Kadızadelis; 2 Beyond the Social History of the Controversy; 2.1 Münir-i Belgradi and Two Works for Two Distinct Audiences; 2.2 Imam Birgivi as the "Predecessor"; 2.3 Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong; 3 Ottoman Decline à la Sunna |
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3.1 Fighting Innovation through Consultation |
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Print version record |
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Political science -- Turkey
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Political science
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Turkey
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004385245 |
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900438524X |
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