The Emergence of Public Opinion
The Emergence of Public Opinion
Nineteenth-century Ottoman politics was filled with casual references to public opinion. Having been popularised as a term in the 1860s, the following decades witnessed a deluge of issues being brought into 'the tribune of public opinion'. Murat R. ÅživiloÄŸlu explains how this concept emerged, and how such an abstract phenomenon embedded itself so deeply into the political discourse that even sultans had to consider its power. Through looking at the bureaucratic and educational institutions of the time, this book offers an analysis of the society and culture of the Ottomans, as well as providing an interesting application of theoretical ideas concerning common political identity and public opinion. The result is a more balanced and nuanced understanding of public opinion as a whole.
- Explores the historical evaluation of the concept of public opinion
- Uses previously unused archival and historical sources
- Takes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to what has often been considered as a uniquely Western phenomenon
Product details
December 2018Hardback
9781107190924
330 pages
235 × 156 × 19 mm
0.66kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Historical background
- 2. A bureaucratic public sphere
- 3. The world of Ismail Ferruh Efendi
- 4. The schooling of the public
- 5. The emergence of a reading public after C.1860
- 6. 'The Turkish Revolution'
- Conclusion.
