Science and spirituality: Ottoman inconsistencies, Europe’s paradoxes

Ottoman and Turkish perceptions of Europe have commonly been analyzed with an emphasis on the contradictions they embody, and using the frame of a "love and hate relationship." In this paper I analyze the writings of the late Ottoman intellectual Ahmed Midhat Efendi who not only produced m...

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Autor principal:	Alper Yalçınkaya
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Lenguaje:	CA EN ES
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2017
Materias:	Ottoman Empire science Europe capitalism colonialism Modern history, 1453- D204-475
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2e45c33959ed47179c04663c915fe0a92021-11-26T10:25:57ZScience and spirituality: Ottoman inconsistencies, Europe’s paradoxes10.5565/rev/rubrica.1412014-5748https://doaj.org/article/2e45c33959ed47179c04663c915fe0a92017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/rubrica/article/view/141https://doaj.org/toc/2014-5748Ottoman and Turkish perceptions of Europe have commonly been analyzed with an emphasis on the contradictions they embody, and using the frame of a "love and hate relationship." In this paper I analyze the writings of the late Ottoman intellectual Ahmed Midhat Efendi who not only produced many works on Europe that exemplify these inconsistencies, but also acknowledged and analyzed his self-contradictory attitudes towards Europe. I argue that Midhat's inconsistent representations of Europe were not simply due to the turbulent political and cultural relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Great Powers; Midhat's observations were also about the contradictions of industrial capitalism as well as colonialism themselves. Finally, I show that Midhat saw in science and the professional identities of modern scientists the solution to the problem of Europe's inconsistencies. Alper YalçınkayaUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleOttoman EmpirescienceEuropecapitalismcolonialismModern history, 1453-D204-475CAENESRúbrica Contemporánea, Vol 6, Iss 12 (2017)
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topic	Ottoman Empire science Europe capitalism colonialism Modern history, 1453- D204-475
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description	Ottoman and Turkish perceptions of Europe have commonly been analyzed with an emphasis on the contradictions they embody, and using the frame of a "love and hate relationship." In this paper I analyze the writings of the late Ottoman intellectual Ahmed Midhat Efendi who not only produced many works on Europe that exemplify these inconsistencies, but also acknowledged and analyzed his self-contradictory attitudes towards Europe. I argue that Midhat's inconsistent representations of Europe were not simply due to the turbulent political and cultural relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Great Powers; Midhat's observations were also about the contradictions of industrial capitalism as well as colonialism themselves. Finally, I show that Midhat saw in science and the professional identities of modern scientists the solution to the problem of Europe's inconsistencies.
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title	Science and spirituality: Ottoman inconsistencies, Europe’s paradoxes
title_short	Science and spirituality: Ottoman inconsistencies, Europe’s paradoxes
title_full	Science and spirituality: Ottoman inconsistencies, Europe’s paradoxes
title_fullStr	Science and spirituality: Ottoman inconsistencies, Europe’s paradoxes
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Science and spirituality: Ottoman inconsistencies, Europe’s paradoxes

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