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Learned Patriots: Debating Science, State, and Society in the Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Empire
M. Alper Yalcinkaya
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Description for Learned Patriots: Debating Science, State, and Society in the Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Empire
Hardcover. The nineteenth century was, for many societies, a period of coming to grips with the growing, and seemingly unstoppable, domination of the world by the "Great Powers" of Europe. This book examines what it meant for nineteenth-century Ottoman elites themselves to have a debate about science. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 570.
The nineteenth century was, for many societies, a period of coming to grips with the growing, and seemingly unstoppable, domination of the world by the "Great Powers" of Europe. The Ottoman Empire was no exception: Ottomans from all walks of life-elite and nonelite, Muslim and non-Muslim debated the reasons for what they considered to be the Ottoman decline and European ascendance. One of the most popular explanations was deceptively simple: science. If the Ottomans would adopt the new sciences of the Europeans, it was frequently argued, the glory days of the Empire could be revived. In Learned Patriots, M. Alper ... Read more
The nineteenth century was, for many societies, a period of coming to grips with the growing, and seemingly unstoppable, domination of the world by the "Great Powers" of Europe. The Ottoman Empire was no exception: Ottomans from all walks of life-elite and nonelite, Muslim and non-Muslim debated the reasons for what they considered to be the Ottoman decline and European ascendance. One of the most popular explanations was deceptively simple: science. If the Ottomans would adopt the new sciences of the Europeans, it was frequently argued, the glory days of the Empire could be revived. In Learned Patriots, M. Alper ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
570g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226184203
SKU
V9780226184203
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About M. Alper Yalcinkaya
M. Alper Yalcinkaya is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology/Anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University. He lives in Delaware, OH.
Reviews for Learned Patriots: Debating Science, State, and Society in the Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Empire
"The importance of new ideas about science in the development of new ideological currents in the late Ottoman Empire has been recognized for a while now, but no previous book has dealt with the topic in such detail and with such a focus as Yalcinkaya's excellent Learned Patriots." (Amit Bein, Clemson University)"