The State and the Subaltern
Modernization, Society and the State in Turkey and Iran
1st Edition
Published on 27. April 2007
256 pages
978-0-85771-704-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1920s Turkey and Iran faced political upheaval as both states attempted to find their routes to modernity. This is the first study to observe the practice of modernization in Turkey and Iran not only from above, by examining the measures adopted by the political regimes of the late Ottomans, Ataturk and Reza Shah, but also from below, exploring how different social levels contributed to the drive for modernity. It is a full and thorough analysis of how these societies reacted to reform and change. "The State and the Subaltern" offers a fresh perspective on the accommodation and resistance to modernization and the relation between the common people and the state in two Islamic societies during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is a fascinating exploration of the history of subalterns - the rank and file of society - with specific reference to gender, ethnicity, industrial and non-industrial urban labour, rural labour, unemployment and the impact of immigrant labour.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-85771-704-7 (9780857717047)
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Book
04/2007
I.B. Tauris
€178.80
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Person
Touraj Atabaki is Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Utrecht and Professor of the Social History of the Middle East at the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction - Touraj Atabaki
- 1. Time, Labour-Discipline and Modernization in Turkey and Iran: Some Comparative Remarks - Touraj Atabaki
- 2. Workers and the Stae during the Late Ottoman Empire - Donald Quataert
- 3. Disgruntled Guests: Iranian Subalterns on the Margins of the Tsarist Empire - Touraj Atabaki
- 4. Modernization of the Empire and the Community 'Privileges': Greek Orthodox Responses to the Young Turk Policies - Vangelis Kechriotis
- 5. Reform from Above, Resistance from Below: The New Order and its Opponents in Iran, 1927-29 - Stephanie Cronin
- 6. The Ottoman Legacy of the Kemalist Republic - Erik-Jan Zurcher
- 7. With or Without Workers in Reza Shah's Iran: Abadan, May 1929 - Kaveh Bayat
- 8. Sufi Reactions Against the Reforms After Turkey's National Struggle: How a Nightingale Turned into a Crow - Huyla Kucuk
- 9. A Reaction to Authoritarian Modernization in Turkey: The Menemen Incident and the Creation and Contestation of a Myth, 1930-1931 - Umut Azak
- 10. Authority and Agency: Revisiting Women's Activism during Reza Shah's Period - Afsaneh Najmabadi
- 11. Polygamy Before and After the Introduction of the Swiss Civil Code in Turkey - Nicole A.N.M. van Os
- Notes
- Index
