The Proper Order of Things:
Heather L. Ferguson
The Proper Order of Things: Language, Power, and Law in Ottoman Administrative Discourses - 426 p., 27 cm
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.
9781503603561
Discourse analysis--Political aspects--History--Turkey
Order--Political aspects--History--Turkey
Administrative law--History--Turkey
Imperialism
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire (1288-1918)
Turkey--Politics and government
The Proper Order of Things: Language, Power, and Law in Ottoman Administrative Discourses - 426 p., 27 cm
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.
9781503603561
Discourse analysis--Political aspects--History--Turkey
Order--Political aspects--History--Turkey
Administrative law--History--Turkey
Imperialism
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire (1288-1918)
Turkey--Politics and government