The Construction of the Concepts "Democracy" and "Republic" in Arabic in the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean, 1798-1878

Bibliographic Data

ID5305669
AuthorsWael Abu-ʿuksa (0000-0002-9812-3425, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume80
Issue2
Pages249-270
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jhi.2019.0014
PMID31031307
OpenAlexW2941656464
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

This article illuminates the construction of the concepts "democracy" and "republic" in the Arabic-speaking regions of the eastern and southern Mediterranean between 1798 and 1878. Examining these ideas through conceptual analysis on two levels, language construction and political discourse, the article reveals the layers these concepts acquired and their reception in the context of state reforms in the Ottoman Empire. While both "democracy" and "republic" evolved in Arabic after the French Revolution and acquired their modern morphological forms and content primarily between the 1820s and 1876, "republic" came into use and was perceived as relevant to local circumstances earlier than "democracy."

Ancient history · Arabic · Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Democracy · Empire · Epistemology · Linguistics · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · The Republic · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society

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