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Narrated EmpiresOttomanism and Varieties of Official Nationalism

Narrated Empires: Ottomanism and Varieties of Official Nationalism [This chapter takes Ottomanism (Ottoman official nationalism) as a case of official nationalism and explores the trajectory of Ottomanism and its fluctuations throughout the nineteenth century. This exploration is done through a comparative analysis of Ottomanism with regard to the official nationalisms of Habsburgs and Romanovs. The chapter argues that the Ottomans vacillated between the Habsburg model of federal plurality and the Romanov model of centralization and assimilation. This vacillation is most evident in their approach to the millet system which simultaneously followed the contradictory policies of undermining millet boundaries in order to promote a sense of unity across the multi-faith society and policies of promoting and safeguarding the privileges and group specific rights of non-Muslim communities. Understandably, the peripheral powers opted for a more plural form of Ottomanism à la Habsburg while the central bureaucracy and particularly the Turkish element within the army inclined towards a more centralized system.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Narrated EmpiresOttomanism and Varieties of Official Nationalism

Part of the Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe Book Series
Editors: Chovanec, Johanna; Heilo, Olof
Çevik, Salim
Narrated Empires — Feb 6, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-55198-8
Pages
57 –76
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-55199-5_3
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Abstract

[This chapter takes Ottomanism (Ottoman official nationalism) as a case of official nationalism and explores the trajectory of Ottomanism and its fluctuations throughout the nineteenth century. This exploration is done through a comparative analysis of Ottomanism with regard to the official nationalisms of Habsburgs and Romanovs. The chapter argues that the Ottomans vacillated between the Habsburg model of federal plurality and the Romanov model of centralization and assimilation. This vacillation is most evident in their approach to the millet system which simultaneously followed the contradictory policies of undermining millet boundaries in order to promote a sense of unity across the multi-faith society and policies of promoting and safeguarding the privileges and group specific rights of non-Muslim communities. Understandably, the peripheral powers opted for a more plural form of Ottomanism à la Habsburg while the central bureaucracy and particularly the Turkish element within the army inclined towards a more centralized system.]

Published: Feb 6, 2021

Keywords: Ottomanism; Centralization; Pluralism; Ottomans; Habsburgs; Romanovs; Nationalism

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