Resurrecting Homo Ottomanicus: The Constants and Variables of Ottoman Identity
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The question of “who is an Ottoman” has already yielded interesting
answers, but they principally seem to reflect the multifaceted nature of the Ottoman
Empire itself and therefore do not bring us much closer to an understanding of the
abstract concept of Ottoman identity. While trying not to be essentialist, this article
aims to establish some concrete criteria for our definition of homo ottomanicus. The
anatomization of one individual case suggests that Ottoman identity was the product
of a societal grid composed of a multitude of boundaries, only the fiscal and legal
ones of which tended to be rigid and relatively objectifiable.
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Kaynakça
- Archival Documents:
- BOA, Ecnebi Defteri (A.DVN.DVE) 22/1; 51.
- Dutch National Archives, e Hague: Legation Archives Turkey, File 1266.
- The [English] National Archives, London: State Papers 110/70; 110/74 (IV).
- Published Works
- ‘Abbūd al-Ģalabī, Yūsuf Dīmītrī, Al-Murtād fī ta’rīkh Ģalab wa-Baghdād, Fawwāz Maģmūd al-Fawwāz (Ed.), Unpublished MA esis, University of Damascus 1978.
- Aksan, Virginia: “e Question of Writing Pre-modern Biographies of the Middle East”, Mary Ann Fay (ed.), Auto/Biography and the Construction of Identity and Community in the Middle East, New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2001, p. 191-200.
- Anastassiadou, Meropi and Bernard Heyberger (Eds.): Figures anonymes, figures d’élite: Pour une anatomie de l’Homo ottomanicus, Istanbul : ISIS 1999.
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Birincil Dil
İngilizce
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Maurits H. Van Den Boogert
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Nisan 2014
Gönderilme Tarihi
3 Temmuz 2013
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2014 Cilt: 44 Sayı: 44