From the "Terror of the World" to the "Sick Man of Europe
Subtitle: European Images of Ottoman Empire and Society from the Sixteenth Century to the Nineteenth (Studies in Modern European History, Vol. 43)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780820451893
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Media studies; Media, information & communication industries; Public opinion & polls; Balkan Peninsula - History; History; History - General History; History: World; ASIA; Eastern Europe; Ottoman Empire; Europe - Baltic States; Communication; Europe - General; Civilization; Europe; Foreign public opinion, Europe; Orientalism; Public Opinion; Turkey
Description: "From the "Terror of the World" to the "Sick Man of Europe" sheds new light on the hotly debated issue of Orientalism by looking at the European images of the Ottoman Empire and society over three centuries. Through a careful examination of the European intellectual discourse, this book claims that there was no coherent and constant Europewide vision of the Turks until the eighteenth century and clearly demonstrates that the Age of Reason has not rendered reasonable images of the Turks.

Indeed, once inspiring awe, the European opinion of Ottomans was held in contempt during this period."--BOOK JACKET.