A history of Ottoman political thought up to the early nineteenth century /
By Marinos Sariyannis ; with a chapter by E. Ekin Tuşalp Atiyas.
- x, 596 pages ; 25 cm.
- Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section One, The Near and Middle East, Volume 125 0169-9423 ; .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The empire in the making: construction and early critiques -- "Political philosophy" and the moralist tradition -- The imperial heyday: the formation of the Ottoman system and reactions to it -- "Mirrors for princes": the decline theorists -- The "golden age" as a political agenda: the reform literature -- The "sunna-minded" trend -- Khaldunist philosophy: innovation justified -- The eighteenth century: the traditionalists -- The eighteenth century: the westernizers.