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East Encounters West - France and the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)
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East Encounters West - France and the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Middle Eastern History
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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. Gocek 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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