The Well-protected Domains

Download or read book The Well-protected Domains written by Selim Deringil and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the late Ottoman Empire grapple with the challenge of modernity and survive? Rejecting explanations based on the concept of an Islamic empire, or the tired paradigm of the Eastern Question, the author argues that far richer insights can be gained by focusing on imperial ideology and drawing out the striking similarities between the Ottoman and other late legitimist empires like Russia, Austria and Japan.