Capitalism, Jacobinism and International Relations - Revisiting Turkish Modernity

List of contents

Acknowledgements: 1. Introduction; 2. Modernity, historicity and transdisciplinarity; 3. Capitalism, absolutism, Jacobinism: The international relations of modernity; 4. Disputing Ottoman modernity (1839-1918); 5. Kemalism as the ultimate Turkish substitution for capitalism (1923-1945); 6. Reinterpreting capitalist modernity a la Turca; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Eren Duzgun is assistant professor at the University of Nottingham, China Campus. His research focuses on historical sociology, political economy and international relations. His work has appeared in the European Journal of International Relations, the Review of International Studies, the Journal of International Relations and Development and the European Journal of Sociology, among other scholarly outlets.

Summary

By advancing 'Jacobinism' as a historically specific geopolitical economy in world history, this book offers a new interpretation of Turkish modernity from the 19th century to the present. It will interest scholars and students of IR, historical sociology and political economy, especially those working on Turkey and the Middle East.

Foreword

By advancing 'Jacobinism' as a historically specific geopolitical economy in world history, this book provides a new reading of the Ottoman and Turkish road to modernity.

Product details

• Authors: Eren Duzgun
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2024
• EAN: 9781009158350
• ISBN: 978-1-00-915835-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 470 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: LSE International Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state