Şiviloğlu, Murat R.,
The emergence of public opinion : state and society in the late Ottoman empire / Murat R. Şiviloğlu, Trinity College, Dublin. - First paperback edition 2020. - xii, 319 pages : photographs ; 24 cm.
"Canım annem Nesrin Deniz Acar'ın aziz hatırasına."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-312) and index (pages 313-319).
1 Historical background. 2 A bureaucratic public sphere. 3 The world of İsmail Ferruh Efendi. 4 The schooling of the public. 5 The emergence of a reading public after c. 1860. 6 "The Turkish revolution".
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.
9781316641392 9781107190924
Public opinion--Turkey
Intellectual life
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Turkey--Intellectual life--19th century.
DR568 / .S58 2020
The emergence of public opinion : state and society in the late Ottoman empire / Murat R. Şiviloğlu, Trinity College, Dublin. - First paperback edition 2020. - xii, 319 pages : photographs ; 24 cm.
"Canım annem Nesrin Deniz Acar'ın aziz hatırasına."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-312) and index (pages 313-319).
1 Historical background. 2 A bureaucratic public sphere. 3 The world of İsmail Ferruh Efendi. 4 The schooling of the public. 5 The emergence of a reading public after c. 1860. 6 "The Turkish revolution".
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.
9781316641392 9781107190924
Public opinion--Turkey
Intellectual life
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Turkey--Intellectual life--19th century.
DR568 / .S58 2020