The Proper Order of Things: Language, Power, and Law in Ottoman Administrative Discourses
Material type: TextPublisher: Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2018Description: 426 p., 27 cmISBN:- 9781503603561
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Books | Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library Main Library - 0.01 | E 2037 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | E 2037 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the structure of empire and a grammar of rule -- The sovereign state : spatial and textual politics in early modern Eurasian courts -- The state of stability : the kanunname as a genre of administrative governance -- The bureaucratic state : reforming documentary practices -- The brokered state : "the past is no longer the present" in the "land between the rivers" -- A state of rebellion : the re-territorialization of Ottoman sovereignty in greater Syria -- On the perfect state : an Ottoman vision of order -- Conclusion : the archiving state.
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