Review of Barkey (Karen), Empire of Difference: the Ottomans in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge UP, 2008)

Nora Lafi (1)

1 ZMO - Zentrum Moderner Orient

A review of Karen Barkey's Empire of Difference, and a discussion on present debates about the nature of the Ottoman Empire and of state-building processes in this context.

Mots clés: Ottoman Empire; State; Centralization; Istanbul; orient; orientalism; imperial model; imperial governance; Byzantium; Kappeler; Osman; Orhan; Wittek; Kafadar; Darling; Imber; Inalcik; Lowry; Matschke; Murad II; Christians; cohabition; governance; diversity; 1453; petitions; Moore; Crete; Arab provinces; Voltaire; Islam; Locke; multiculturalism; Young Turks; Abdülhamid; Patrona Halil; Tanzimat; World War I; BOA Archives; tolerance; Bourdieu

Domaines: Histoire

Nora Lafi. Review of Barkey (Karen), Empire of Difference: the Ottomans in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge UP, 2008). 2011, p.122-126. ⟨halshs-00631751⟩