The emergence of public opinion : state and society in the late Ottoman empire / Murat R. Şiviloğlu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Şiviloğlu, Murat R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Intellectual life.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

History.

Turkey--Intellectual life--19th century.

Turkey--Social life and customs--19th century.

Turkey--Social conditions--1288-1918.

Social conditions.

Turkey--Politics and government--1829-1878.

Politics and government.

Public opinion--Turkey.

Public opinion.

State, The.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 319 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Historical background

2. A bureaucratic public sphere

3. The world of Ismail Ferruh Efendi

4. The schooling of the public

5. The emergence of a reading public after C.1860

6. 'The Turkish Revolution'

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781107190924

1107190924

OCLC:

1033547356