Ruler Visibility and Popular Belonging in the Ottoman Empire, 1808-1908 / / Darin N. Stephanov.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Stephanov, Darin N.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire : ESOE
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 37 B/W illustrations

The first full narrative of 19th- century Ottoman cultural history, bringing together all social strata and religio-linguistic groupsDevotes a chapter to each of the four major sultans in the last century of the Ottoman EmpireDiscusses the themes of Ottoman imperial power and ideology, public space/sphere, the Tanzimat reforms, ‘millet’, modernity, nationalism, governmentality, and the modern stateSynthesises a new, 13-point model of modern belonging based on the concept of ruler visibilityCombines elements of micro and macro history, connecting core to peripherySources include a wide range of Ottoman archival documents, artistic production (poems, songs, prayers and eulogies, designs of fountains and clock towers), as well as newspaper articles, memoirs and personal correspondence in Ottoman and modern Turkish, Bulgarian, Russian, English, Hebrew, French and GermanThis book argues that the periodic ceremonial intrusion into the everyday lives of people across the Ottoman Empire – the annual royal birthday and accession-day celebrations – had multiple, far-reaching and largely unexplored consequences. On the one hand, it brought ordinary subjects into symbolic contact with the monarch and forged lasting vertical ties of loyalty to him, irrespective of language, location, creed or class. On the other hand, the rounds of royal celebration played a key role in the creation of new types of horizontal ties and ethnic group consciousness that crystallised into national movements and, after the empire’s demise, national monarchies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The First Shift in (Modern) Ruler Visibility: the Reign of Mahmud II (1808–39) -- 2. The Trope of Love, its Variations and Manifestations: the Reign of Abdülmecid (1839–61) -- 3. Further Stimuli for and Patterns of Millet Accentuation and Differentiation: the Reign of Abdülaziz (1861–76) -- 4. The Second Shift in (Modern) Ruler Visibility: the Reign of Abdülhamid II (1876–1909) -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index