In 1720, an Ottoman ambassador was sent to the court of the Child King
Louis XV to observe Western civilization and report on what he saw and
how it could be applied in the Ottoman Empire. Based on the accounts
of this ambassador, _East Encounters West_ studies the impact of the
West on the Ottoman empire and the impact of this Ottoman embassy on
the two societies. In France, the presence of the embassy yielded only
a brief fashion of _Turquerie_, whereas in the Ottoman empire, it
yielded the first official printing press, signalling an important
step toward Western style. G"o,cek here assesses the reasons behind
these differential impacts through three factors: the Western
technological advances, consequent commercial expansion, and the
different reactions of various social groups in the Ottoman empire to
these developments. Her analysis reveals a far-reaching and complex
Westernization process that permeated Turkish society as it was
approved and imported by dignitaries and eventually passed onto
average households. Sketching the process of Westernization from the
perspective of Easterners, this unique book throws new light on the
cultural differences between these two major civilizations and on the
nature of cultural transmission and diffusion.
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ISBN
9780195364330
Publisert
2020
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Oxford University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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