Ottoman/Turkish Visions of the Nation, 1860–1950 [electronic resource] /
Gürpınar, Doğan.author.
Seeing the critical phase in the construction of a Turkish historical imagination between 1860 to 1950 disregarding the political disruptions, this book demonstrates how history and historical imagery had been instrumental in the nation-building process.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyrights; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Encounter with the Ottoman Heritage: Imperial Grandeur, Medieval Decay, and Double Discourses; The Encounter with the Islamic Past: Turks, Arabs, and Persians; Anatolia's Eternal Destiny was Sealed: Seljuks of Rum in the Turkish National (IST) Imagination from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Republican Era; The Depiction of European Feudalism, the Middle Ages, and the Crusades in Late Ottoman and Turkish Republican Imagery: The Constitutive Other of an Emerging Identity
From 'Renewal and Regeneration' to 'Decline and Collapse': The Rise and Fall of Tanzimat (1839-1950)Infusing the Young Spirits with the Motivation to Oppose and Counter Oppression: Revolution and the French Revolution; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seeing the critical phase in the construction of a Turkish historical imagination between 1860 to 1950 disregarding the political disruptions, this book demonstrates how history and historical imagery had been instrumental in the nation-building process.
History, Modern.
Imperialism.
Social history.
Europe-History.
Civilization-History.
Modern History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Social History.
European History.
Cultural History.