Book Review

Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century

Number: 17 January 1, 2007
  • Cengiz Şeker

Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century

Abstract

One of the favorite research themes in contemporary Turkish historiography is still urban history. Canbakal‘s study, which is also a part of the genre of this literature, differs from similar ones with its rigorous sociological perspective. Her main purpose is to explore the patterns of politics in everyday life. With this purpose in mind she treats the court registers of Ayntab as a mirror for the local distribution of wealth and power in the seventeenth century. This choice, as expressed very clearly by Canbakal herself, represents the point of view which belongs to one of the leading contemporary sociologists; P. Bourdieu. In Bourdieu’s view, the law is a cultural domain that constitutes and consecrates the social reality as it is. Therefore, it is more closely related to the social world and relations of power than other cultural fields.

Keywords

References

  1. Canbakkal, Hülya, Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century, Leiden: Brill, 2007.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Book Review

Authors

Cengiz Şeker This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 1, 2007

Submission Date

June 1, 2006

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2007 Number: 17

APA
Şeker, C. (2007). Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, 17, 182-186. https://izlik.org/JA46GX78FZ
AMA
1.Şeker C. Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2007;(17):182-186. https://izlik.org/JA46GX78FZ
Chicago
Şeker, Cengiz. 2007. “Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 17: 182-86. https://izlik.org/JA46GX78FZ.
EndNote
Şeker C (January 1, 2007) Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi 17 182–186.
IEEE
[1]C. Şeker, “Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century”, İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 17, pp. 182–186, Jan. 2007, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA46GX78FZ
ISNAD
Şeker, Cengiz. “Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 17 (January 1, 2007): 182-186. https://izlik.org/JA46GX78FZ.
JAMA
1.Şeker C. Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2007;:182–186.
MLA
Şeker, Cengiz. “Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 17, Jan. 2007, pp. 182-6, https://izlik.org/JA46GX78FZ.
Vancouver
1.Cengiz Şeker. Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town Ayntab in the 17th Century. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi [Internet]. 2007 Jan. 1;(17):182-6. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA46GX78FZ