Opposition and Legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire by F. Steingass - 9781138870192

Taylor & Francis

Opposition and Legitimacy in the Ottoman EmpireConspiracies and Political Cultures\nAuthor(s): F. Steingass\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138870192, 978-1138870192\nSynopsis\nThis book looks at opposition to the Ottoman government in the second half of the nineteenth century, examining a number of key political conspiracies and how these relate to an existing political culture. In his detailed analysis of these conspiracies, the author offers a new perspective on an important and well researched period of Ottoman history.\n\nA close reading of police records on five conspiracies offers the opportunity to analyse this opposition in great detail, giving special attention to the different groups of political actors in these conspiracies that often did not come from the established political elites. Florian Riedler investigates how their background of class and education, but also their individual life experience.