Emergence of Public Opinion
Subtitle: State and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781107190924
Subjects: Public opinion; Turkey, history, ottoman empire, 1288-1918; Turkey, intellectual life; Turkey, politics and government; Turkey, social conditions; Turkey, social life and customs
Description: Nineteenth-century Ottoman politics was filled with casual references to public opinion. Having been popularised as a term in the 1860s, the following decades witnessed a deluge of issues being brought into 'the tribune of public opinion'. Murat R. Siviloglu explains how this concept emerged, and how such an abstract phenomenon embedded itself so deeply into the political discourse that even sultans had to consider its power. Through looking at the bureaucratic and educational institutions of the time, this book offers an analysis of the society and culture of the Ottomans, as well as providing an interesting application of theoretical ideas concerning common political identity and public opinion. The result is a more balanced and nuanced understanding of public opinion as a whole.