Dror Zeevi
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Middle East Studies, Faculty Member
- Gender and Sexuality, Ottoman History, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Israel/Palestine, History Of Sexuality (Sexuality And Chivalry Courtly Love), Sexuality in Islamic History, and 16 moreArmenian Genocide, Ottoman Armenians, Minorities in Turkey, Ottoman Studies, Middle East Studies, Turkish politics, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Modern Turkey, Late Ottoman History, Early modern Ottoman History, Late Ottoman Period, Ottoman Historiography, Turkish Nationalism, Ottoman Turkish historical writing, Ottoman-Turkish Westernization, and Ottoman Empireedit
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The attempt to create a "one size fits all" modernization theory floundered, and the later one, suggesting "multiple modernities" was not too convincing either. Were there internal developments in non-Western societies that contributed to... more
The attempt to create a "one size fits all" modernization theory floundered, and the later one, suggesting "multiple modernities" was not too convincing either. Were there internal developments in non-Western societies that contributed to the modernization process? In this Intorduction to our volume on "Society, Law and Culture in the Middle East: Modernities in the Making" we suggest that the right approach would be to start from the bottom up, and look at internal developments that may have shaped the process.
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From an early date the devshirme system, intended to induct young non-Muslims into the Ottoman elite, was replaced by a household system, where young slaves and ambitious Muslims were trained and incorporated. Our claim is that this type... more
From an early date the devshirme system, intended to induct young non-Muslims into the Ottoman elite, was replaced by a household system, where young slaves and ambitious Muslims were trained and incorporated. Our claim is that this type of career was fraught with dangers - from demotion and imprisonment to banishment - and therefore a type of network developed between people to assist each other and guarantee their continued rise in the state's service. This network became the basis for an elite consciousness later on