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In Caliphate Redefined: The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought, Hü- seyin Yılmaz offers an evaluation of Ottoman political thought through the six- teenth century. He takes the collapse of ... Ottoman political thought, rendering obsolete traditional juristic conceptions of political order and clearing the way for new interpretations, the most important of which was based on Sufi metaphysics
by two independent but culturally and historically bound countries, Ro- manian and Moldavia, and their political discourse and historiographies. ... marriages. However, it must be stated that, although he put forward the religious purposes, in fact, Stephen the Great intended to achieve the secular political goals during his reign (pp. 44, 71). The
modern Greeks as Yunani rather than Rumi.55 Philosophy also served to legitimize political authority. One of the first Greek noblemen to capitalize on this new union of elevated social status and Paduan ... kathekonton with similar sentiments and Dimitri Cantemir was a prolific writer in moral and political philosophy.57 Indeed, first-person accounts of cosmopolitan gatherings from 1700s and 1710s suggest that
in his encyclopaedic lexicon. It was he, too, who made it serve a political purpose by distinguishing the Oghuz tribe of ~m?lt, ?to which our present sultans belong?, referring to the Seldju).cs8 ... the genealogists, just as in contemporary Western: Europei7? And yet genealogical controversy was a form of political argument, in an age where innovation?often had to be disguised as a return to the
express those of his milieu, which was sympathetic to political reform. What follows traces Vâsıf ’s understanding of the empire, reform, and the mechanisms of history – that is, his philosophy of history ... us grasp Vâsıf ’s political orientations but also, more importantly, how he and his peers in the late 18th century interpreted the immense changes around them. A Reformist Philosophy of History: The
Ioannina and the biographer Salim referred to modern Greeks as Yunani rather than Rumi.55 Philosophy also served to legitimize political authority. One of the first Greek noblemen to capitalize on this new ... Mavrocordato himself penned his Peri kathekonton with similar sentiments and Dimitri Cantemir was a prolific writer in moral and political philosophy.57 Indeed, first-person accounts of cosmopolitan gatherings
modern Greeks as Yunani rather than Rumi.55 Philosophy also served to legitimize political authority. One of the first Greek noblemen to capitalize on this new union of elevated social status and Paduan ... kathekonton with similar sentiments and Dimitri Cantemir was a prolific writer in moral and political philosophy.57 Indeed, first-person accounts of cosmopolitan gatherings from 1700s and 1710s suggest that
politics in Turkey who know that the people in this country have gone to the polls 13 times (Istanbul residents 14 times) since 2002 and how an important political force is the changing will of the majority ... initiated through the increasing bureaucratization of the empire, operated through the house (konak) gatherings and eventually acquired a political relevance. Some houses were associated with the
history, are asking questions inspired by their colleagues in geography and philosophy departments. ... philosophy departments. The volume currently under review is an interesting addition to this body of work; yet it is also very much situated in the academic debate on Orientalism and 'Islamic cities'. As the
Without knowing the rules and concerns of philosophy, administering its methods, and raising the awareness of philosophical attitude, it is very difficult to educate individuals who can think ... conscious about the elements of this philosophy and know the features of philosophical attitude and thinking. On the basis of the assumption that the theoretical basis of this claim should be laid, the
logic. 2 However, after the eleventh century when philosophy and religious studies became mature,3 these two strands of knowledge interacted to such a degree that the distinction between them was ... Developments in Muslim Philosophical Theology,? Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 15, no.1 (2005): 147. See also Tuncay Ba?o?lu, ?Hicri Be?inci As?r F?k?h Usul? Eserlerinde ?llet Tart??malar?? (Ph.D. diss., Marmara
History of science witnessed a revolutionary change in the second half of the twentieth century with a heightened focus on the social, political, and cultural setting that shaped production and ... -falsafiyat (pp. 44-45). She claims that this entry includes twenty-three titles, and only one of them is attributable to Anatolia insinuating that there was not any significant work on philosophy in the
collapsed. It examines the political, socio-economic and religious causes that triggered the rebellion, which occurred as a continuation of Morean Insurrection (Orlov Revolt), which unfolded during the ... determined resistance, the Ottomans felt compelled to take all measures to make its rule as bearable and tolerable as possible to prevent the threat of insurgency. In other words, the socio-political
possible way of resisting the Western invasion was by means of power. Zahrāwī espoused the political unity of Ottomans, based on communities and not individuals. He advocated the need for political education ... thought that his being an Arab nationalist was not incompatible with being committed to Ottomanism.”2 Herzog, who most profoundly analyzed Zahrāwī’s political ideas, argued that, “The Arabism of Zahrāwī
elements of it in his West-östlicher Divan. A study of the movement of this text demonstrates the influence of Ottoman philosophy on German literature as the result of broadened Ottoman-European diplomatic ... advised princes on proper behavior and theories of statecraft, and they would have recognized Diez’s translation as an argument for an enlightened ruler in the wake of the political turmoil. Diez’s views
, was introduced to the ibtidaiye, rüşdiye, idadiye and sultaniye school curricula. The course Malumat-ı Medeniye outlined the political elite’s modernization project of the Second Constitutional Period ... Ministry of Education are examined within the context of educational programs and the political agenda of the period. For this reason it will analyze the aims, subjects and agendas of this course by looking
history, are asking questions inspired by their colleagues in geography and philosophy departments. The volume currently under review is an interesting addition to this body of work; yet it is also very ... political power. Secondly, Lahore was harder to frame as an Islamic city by the European travellers due to its heterogeneous religious and cultural reality. Another possible presented explanation is the
logic. 2 However, after the eleventh century when philosophy and religious studies became mature,3 these two strands of knowledge interacted to such a degree that the distinction between them was ... Developments in Muslim Philosophical Theology,” Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 15, no.1 (2005): 147. See also Tuncay Başoğlu, “Hicri Beşinci Asır Fıkıh Usulü Eserlerinde İllet Tartışmaları” (Ph.D. diss., Marmara
, religious and political exchanges. Following on from this, researchers have highlighted not only the importance of the main actors that lived in the borderlands, but also the cultural interchange that those ... Studies, particularly those starting from the Braudel viewpoint, no longer conceptualize boundaries by conflict, but instead as spaces characterized by social, cultural, religious and political exchanges
Illustrated histories were never merely products of simple literal activities at the Ottoman court. On the contrary, they functioned as political tools of the courtiers who commissioned the ... the implications conveyed by the text and illustrations of the manuscript? And, how were manuscripts related to the political deeds of their patrons? In other words, I will discuss symbols of power in