Early Ottoman Administration in the Wilderness
Some Limits on Comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8966087 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joel Shinder (Minnetronix (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 497-517 |
| Publication date | 1978-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800030671 |
| OpenAlex | W2045574610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
A synthesis of Ottoman administrative history has yet to be written, and it is unlikely that one will appear in the near future. The task is enormous, and more glamorous subjects continue to receive priority. Even now the field of administrative history exists largely as an ancillary to the study of Ottoman diplomatic instruments or as a foundation for the study of the moderization of traditional society. In the latter case it has fallen under the spell of institutional history, where three theses and at least one ‘antithesis’ scurry in their murine way across the tiles of the Ottoman edifice. Despite the fact that a developed literature is lacking, speceialists in other disciplines have used the Ottoman example for broad comparative studies of bureaucratic empires. Their premature attempts have perpetuated the notion already endemic in Islamist circles that what we know of Islamic government is all there is to know and need be known. Several themes, however, have dominated the study of governing institutions in the Middle East with a force that has surely impeded progress and fresh thought. Our first results from the four theses referred to earlier are terribly outdated at worst or in need of modification at best. New source materials in the Ottoman archives and new readings of older materials long subject to scholarly scrutiny call for a reexamination of those leading themes and the theses they inspire before any attempt at synthesis and comparison is made
Antithesis · Archaeology · Bureaucracy · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Islam · Library science · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Sociology · Spell · Subject (documents · Wilderness · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 2015 (36) |
| Highly cited | No |