Enlightening Europe on Islam and the Ottomans

Mouradgea d'Ohsson and His Masterpiece
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-36312-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Arabisch, Englisch, Band 5, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 1588 g

Reihe: The History of Oriental Studies

Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Tableau général de l’Empire othoman offered the Enlightenment Republic of Letters its most authoritative work on Islam and the Ottomans, also a practical reference work for kings and statesmen. Profusely illustrated and opening deep insights into illustrated book production in this period, this is also the century’s richest collection of visual documentation on the Ottomans. Shaped by the author’s personal struggles, the work yet commands recognition in its own totality as a monument to intercultural understanding. In form one of the great taxonomic works of Enlightenment thought, this is a work of advocacy in the cause of reform and amity among France, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Findley, Carter Vaughn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Enlightenment Dawns from Ottoman Bender

Acknowledgments

Note on Usage

Abbreviations Used in the Notes

Photo Credits

1 Introduction: D’Ohsson’s Ottoman-French-Swedish Triangle

2 Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Life and World, Through the Paris Years

3 Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Life and World, The Later Years

4 Illustrating and Publishing: Process and Politics

5 D’Ohsson’s Tableau in Totality

6 Explaining Islam: Beliefs, Rituals, Ethics

7 Illustrating Islam: Beliefs, Rituals, Ethics

8 Explaining Islam: Elites, Movements, Applications

9 Illustrating Islam: Elites, Movements, Applications

10 Explaining the State: Structure and Function

11 Illustrating the State: Structure and Function

12 Arguments, Audiences, Receptions

Glossary showing examples of d’Ohsson’s usage

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carter Vaughn Findley, Ph.D. (Harvard, 1969), Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University, is the author of Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity: A History (2010), The Turks in World History (2005), and two books on Ottoman administrative reform.