Nostalgia for the empire : the politics of neo-Ottomanism / M. Hakan Yavuz.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource : maps (black and white)Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197512319 (ebook) :Subject(s): Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Historiography | Turkish literature -- History and criticism | Collective memory -- Turkey | Nostalgia -- Turkey | Group identity -- TurkeyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197512289DDC classification: 956.1015 LOC classification: DR438.8 | .Y38 2020Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Nostalgia for the Empire' examines the social and political origins of beleaguered and wistful expressions of nostalgia about the Ottoman Empire. Political memories of the Ottoman past have been transformed in Turkish society, along with reactions from the outside world. The Ottoman past, as remembered now, is grounded in contemporary conservative Islamic values. Thus, the connection between memories of the Ottoman past and these values defines Turkey's new identity. This new expression of national memory portrays Turkey as a victim of the major powers, justifying its position against its imagined internal and external enemies.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Nostalgia for the Empire' examines the social and political origins of beleaguered and wistful expressions of nostalgia about the Ottoman Empire. Political memories of the Ottoman past have been transformed in Turkish society, along with reactions from the outside world. The Ottoman past, as remembered now, is grounded in contemporary conservative Islamic values. Thus, the connection between memories of the Ottoman past and these values defines Turkey's new identity. This new expression of national memory portrays Turkey as a victim of the major powers, justifying its position against its imagined internal and external enemies.
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