East Encounters West - France and the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century

Zusatztext Extremely insightful and useful. Klappentext In 1720! an Ottoman ambassador was sent to the court of the Child King Louis XV to observe Western civilization and report on what he saw and how it could be applied in the Ottoman Empire. Based on the accounts of this ambassador! East Encounters West studies the impact of the West on theOttoman empire and the impact of this Ottoman embassy on the two societies. In France! the presence of the embassy yielded only a brief fashion of Turquerie! whereas in the Ottoman empire! it yielded the first official printing press! signalling an important step toward Western style. Gocek hereassesses the reasons behind these differential impacts through three factors: the Western technological advances! consequent commercial expansion! and the different reactions of various social groups in the Ottoman empire to these developments. Her analysis reveals a far-reaching and complexWesternization process that permeated Turkish society as it was approved and imported by dignitaries and eventually passed onto average households. Sketching the process of Westernization from the perspective of Easterners! this unique book throws new light on the cultural differences between thesetwo major civilizations and on the nature of cultural transmission and diffusion. Zusammenfassung Based on the account of an Ottoman ambassador's expedition to France in 1720, Göçek's study reveals the complex and differential impact these two societies had on each other.

Product details

• Authors: Fatma Muge Gocek, Fatma Muge (University of Michigan) Gocek, Fatma Müge Göcek
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.1987
• EAN: 9780195048261
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504826-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Studies in Middle Eastern History; Studies in Middle Eastern Hist; Studies in Middle Eastern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, Ottoman Empire, Asia, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Turkey, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1790 to c 1799, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions