Ottoman political and rhetorical tradition. While the main argument concerns the benefits to the field of Ottoman history, Ottoman political language, with its complex relations with Persian, Arabic, Greek, and French, is also an apt testing ground for
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Cary J. Nederman
unsullied by at least a small measure of vice. Tyranny becomes so convoluted that its meaning is lost. A very similar position may be discovered in the French-language translation of and commentary on Aristotle's Politics composed by the Parisian
“Biggest Nationalist in the Country”
Self-Descriptive Uses of “Nationalist” in Contemporary Russia
Veera Laine
'nost’ were introduced in the Russian language as equivalents for the French nationalitè . For example, the doctrine that was later labeled “official nationality,” introduced by Count Sergei Uvarov, the minister of education after the Decembrist uprising in
Benoît Godin
the “innovator,” but what is feared are the effects of innovation. Innovation is “sudden” and “violent” and, particularly after the French Revolution, is often discussed in terms of “revolt” and what we call revolution today (wars, disorders, schisms
Like a Tumbleweed in Eden
The Diasporic Lives of Concepts
Banu Subramaniam
materials from the colonies into plantation crops for the British, French, and other colonies and empires, including the Americas. 19 Indeed, it is more accurate to talk about our entire planet as having been biotically reconfigured because of this long
From an Economic Term to a Political Concept
The Conceptual Innovation of “Self-Management” in Soviet Estonia
Juhan Saharov
-management” ( rabocheye samoupravleniye in Russian, autogestión in French), which was synonymous with “workers’ self-government” in enterprises and factories. Basically, it is a form of organizational management based on self-directed work processes and elections by an
The Making of Global Inequality
A Conceptual History, 1945–1980
Christian Olaf Christiansen
space of a First, Second, and Third World—not simply a globe. The Third World—a concept that was to be used pro-actively, parallel to the “third estate” in the French revolution—rose in opposition to the First and Second Worlds, as seen in the Afro
The Concept of Religion in Meiji Popular Discourse
An Analysis of the Newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun
Makoto Harris Takao
“Japan's incorporation into the capitalist and imperialist world of the West” following the reopening of its borders for the first time since the mid-1600s and the subsequent signing of commercial treaties with the United States, France, Britain, Russia
From Femicide to Feminicidio
Latin American Contributions to Feminist Conceptual History
Camila Ordorica
activism and not the result of a long-durée development that goes back to the French Revolution. However, he completely evades the discussion and historical importance of feminist movements within the debate of the making of international human rights. This
Voluntarism
Promises of Proximity as Articulated by Changing Moral Elites
Anders Sevelsted
German Empire, and even Catholic France. 52 Here, they found inspiration to revive half-forgotten Lutheran traditions for poor relief, such as the institution of “deaconry” ( diakoni ) 53 and to give new meaning to existing concepts. Inspired by the