Disciples of the state?: religion and state-building in the former Ottoman world
Examines the strategies adopted by state-builders in their approach toward religion, and the power arrangements between state and religion that emerge during the state-building process. This book will be of interest to students and scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including political sci...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Fabbe, Kristin E., Disciples of the state? : religion and state-building in the former Ottoman world] (2020) (Biondich, Mark)
[Rezension von: Fabbe, Kristin E., Disciples of the state? : religion and state-building in the former Ottoman world] (2021) (Dannies, Kate) |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ottoman Empire
/ Successive states
/ Turkey
/ Greece
/ Nation
/ Religion
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Examines the strategies adopted by state-builders in their approach toward religion, and the power arrangements between state and religion that emerge during the state-building process. This book will be of interest to students and scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including political science, sociology, history, and religious studies. Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Transliteration of Modern Greek -- Pronuciation of Turkish -- Transliteration of Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Arabic -- 1 Introduction: Religion and the Quest for State Sovereignty -- Is State-Building Secularization? -- Religion-State Power Arrangements -- Divergent Post-Ottoman Trajectories -- Book Plan -- 2 Creating Disciples of the State -- Critical Domains: Education and Law -- Key Actors: Modernizing Reformers and Religious Elites -- State Expansion Strategies -- Institutional Redeployment -- Institutional Layering -- Piecemeal Co-optation -- Parallel Systems -- Usurpation -- Religious Elites, Institutions and Attachments -- European Colonialism, Religious Heterogeneity, Expertise -- Resources and European Colonial Practices -- Religious Heterogeneity -- Micro Mechanisms: Understanding the Religious Response -- 3 The Ottoman Imperial Footprint and the International Context -- Ottoman Governance and the Millet System -- The Sunni Religious Establishment -- The Autonomous Confessional Communities -- Religion and Everyday Life -- International Context: European Models, Ottoman Realities -- Conclusions -- 4 The First Reformer: Egypt under Muḥammad ʿAli -- Muḥammad ʿAlī's Piecemeal Co-optation of the Ulema -- Shifting Course with Strategies of Redeployment -- 5 Synthesizing the Religious and the National in a Revolutionary and Irredentist Greece -- Greek Reformers and the Orthodox Religious Establishment -- Revolution, Provisional Governments and Continued Religious Co-optation -- Kapodistrias's Greece -- The Regency Period: Schism and Nationalization -- Irredentism, Ecclesiastical Reunification and State Expansion: Co-optation beyond State Borders -- The Patriarchate in "Captivity". |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-29687-8 |
