Intellectual currents and the practice of engagement : Ottoman and Algerian writers in a Francophone milieu, 1890-1914 / David Beamish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beamish, David (David Thomas), author.

Series:

Modern Muslim world (Piscataway, NJ) ; 9.

The modern Muslim world ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature.

Algerians.

Intellectual life.

Turks.

Historiography.

History.

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

Turkey.

Algeria--Historiography.

Algeria.

Islam--Historiography.

Islam.

Turks--Intellectual life.

Algerians--Intellectual life.

Europe--Intellectual life.

Europe.

Europe--Foreign relations.

International relations.

French literature--Turkey--History and criticism.

Algerian literature (French)--History and criticism.

Algerian literature (French).

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 202 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, 2021.

Summary:

"The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a great increase in the use of the printed word and the press by non-European actors to express and disseminate ideas and to participate in the intellectual life of both their home societies and a wider international context. This book examines the French-language writings of Ottoman and Algerian writers between 1890 and 1914"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Repurposing the past : historiography in Ottoman and Algerian texts

Chapter 2. In defense of Islam : providing 'authentic perspective'

Chapter 3. Making Ottomans and Frenchmen : forms and constructions of identity

Chapter 4. Reshaping the state : questions of reform and development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Beamish, David Thomas. Intellectual currents and the practice of engagement

ISBN:

9781463242398

1463242395

OCLC:

1237397100

Publisher Number:

99986924927