Erik-Jan Zürcher
Biographic Data
| ID | 352812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik-Jan Zürcher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik-Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Zürcher |
| SIGNATURE | ZÜRCHER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle East Studies, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Three turning points in the political development of modern Turkey
This essay investigates the choices made by the Turkish political leadership at three crucial moments in the history of Turkey between World War I and the Cold War. It asks the question if viable alternatives to the chosen route were available, and to what extent the choices made reflected international developments of the time. The episodes looked at are the establishment of a nation-state and of a republic (two separate issues) in 1920–23, the …
The Progressive Republican Party of 1924-25
This article tries to make sense of the ideological position of the Progressive Republican Party of 1924-5. It does so by making two separate points.Firstly, it argues that, under the influence of the politics of the French Third Republic, the early Kemalists, like the Unionists before them, had a strong inclination to see all those who opposed their own revolutionary radicalism as reactionaries rather than as conservatives. Because conservatism …
Jihad and Islam in World War I
The proclamation of Jihad by the Sultan-Caliph in Constantinople, after the Ottoman Empire’s entry into World War I, made the headlines. This book investigates the background and nature of the Ottoman Jihad proclamation in addition to its effects in the wider Middle East . both among the Arabs and the Turks, and among Sunni Muslims as well as Shi’ites. It brings to light the German hopes for and British fears of a worldwide uprising of Muslims in…
Jihad and Islam in World War I
Jihad and Islam in World War I
This books investigates the background and nature of the Ottoman Jihad proclamation, but also its effects in the wider Middle East. It looks at the German hopes and British fears of a worldwide rising of Muslims in the colonial empires. It also discusses the fierce academic debates caused by the Jihad proclamation, in which the 1915 manifesto of Leiden Islam scholar Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (“Holy War Made in Germany”) played a key role. This …
Fighting for a Living
Fighting for a Living
Though fighting is clearly hard work, historians have not paid much attention to warfare and military service as forms of labor. This collection does just that, bringing together the usually disparate fields of military and labor history. The contributors - including Robert Johnson, Frank Tallett, and Gilles Veinstein - undertake the first systematic comparative analysis of military labor across Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East, and Asia.…
Working on Labor
Le recrutement et l'emploi des militaires en Europe, au Proche-Orient et en Asie, 1500-2000
Cet article est consacré à un groupe professionnel qui d’ordinaire n’est pas étudié par les historiens du travail. Il montre que les activités accomplies à l’armée sont aussi un type de travail, et donc que les militaires devraient être considérés comme des travailleurs – même s’il s’agit d’une catégorie spéciale de travailleurs. À partir des travaux du projet de recherche « Fighting for a living », l’article s’efforce de découvrir des régularité…
Middle East Studies in the Netherlands
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Bibliographical Section A
(2000). Bibliographical Section A: Review Article: The Ottoman Twilight. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 201-207
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Bibliographical Section A
(2000). Bibliographical Section A: Review Article: The Ottoman Twilight. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 201-207
Middle East Studies in the Netherlands
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Working on Labor
Le recrutement et l'emploi des militaires en Europe, au Proche-Orient et en Asie, 1500-2000
Cet article est consacré à un groupe professionnel qui d’ordinaire n’est pas étudié par les historiens du travail. Il montre que les activités accomplies à l’armée sont aussi un type de travail, et donc que les militaires devraient être considérés comme des travailleurs – même s’il s’agit d’une catégorie spéciale de travailleurs. À partir des travaux du projet de recherche « Fighting for a living », l’article s’efforce de découvrir des régularité…
Fighting for a Living
Though fighting is clearly hard work, historians have not paid much attention to warfare and military service as forms of labor. This collection does just that, bringing together the usually disparate fields of military and labor history. The contributors - including Robert Johnson, Frank Tallett, and Gilles Veinstein - undertake the first systematic comparative analysis of military labor across Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East, and Asia.…
Fighting for a Living
Jihad and Islam in World War I
The proclamation of Jihad by the Sultan-Caliph in Constantinople, after the Ottoman Empire’s entry into World War I, made the headlines. This book investigates the background and nature of the Ottoman Jihad proclamation in addition to its effects in the wider Middle East . both among the Arabs and the Turks, and among Sunni Muslims as well as Shi’ites. It brings to light the German hopes for and British fears of a worldwide uprising of Muslims in…
Jihad and Islam in World War I
Jihad and Islam in World War I
This books investigates the background and nature of the Ottoman Jihad proclamation, but also its effects in the wider Middle East. It looks at the German hopes and British fears of a worldwide rising of Muslims in the colonial empires. It also discusses the fierce academic debates caused by the Jihad proclamation, in which the 1915 manifesto of Leiden Islam scholar Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (“Holy War Made in Germany”) played a key role. This …
The Progressive Republican Party of 1924-25
This article tries to make sense of the ideological position of the Progressive Republican Party of 1924-5. It does so by making two separate points.Firstly, it argues that, under the influence of the politics of the French Third Republic, the early Kemalists, like the Unionists before them, had a strong inclination to see all those who opposed their own revolutionary radicalism as reactionaries rather than as conservatives. Because conservatism …
Three turning points in the political development of modern Turkey
This essay investigates the choices made by the Turkish political leadership at three crucial moments in the history of Turkey between World War I and the Cold War. It asks the question if viable alternatives to the chosen route were available, and to what extent the choices made reflected international developments of the time. The episodes looked at are the establishment of a nation-state and of a republic (two separate issues) in 1920–23, the …
Political science (8 works) · History (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Historical Turkish Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works)