Author : Aslı Çırakman
Release : 2002
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis From the "terror of the World" to the "sick Man of Europe" by : Aslı Çırakman
Download or read book From the "terror of the World" to the "sick Man of Europe" written by Aslı Çırakman. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the «Terror of the World» to the «Sick Man of Europe» sheds new light on the hotly debated issue of Orientalism by looking at the European images of the Ottoman Empire and society over three centuries. Through a careful examination of the European intellectual discourse, this book claims that there was no coherent and constant Europewide vision of the Turks until the eighteenth century and clearly demonstrates that the Age of Reason has not rendered reasonable images of the Turks. Indeed, once inspiring awe, the European opinion of Ottomans was held in contempt during this period.