First of the Modern Ottomans

First of the Modern Ottomans

The Intellectual History of Ahmed Vasif

Menchinger, Ethan L. (University of Toronto)

Cambridge University Press

08/2017

356

Dura

Inglês

9781107197978

15 a 20 dias

This book explores Ottoman intellectual life, politics and reform during the eighteenth century through the study of the key statesmen and historian Ahmed Vasif. It is for students and researchers of intellectual history, the Enlightenment period, the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East.
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Dramatis personae; Chronology; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Out of the east: early life (c.1735-68); 2. At war (1768-74); 3. Years of faction and reform (1774-87); 4. 'Honorable exile': in Spain (1787-8); 5. At war (1788-92); 6. Vasif and the new order (1792-1800); 7. The height of fame (1800-6); 8. Epilogue: Vasif as ancient and modern; Appendix: on the authorship of the Final Word to Refute the Rabble; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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