In 1923 the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist. In the past, this event was explained above all by the inability of the Ottoman world to modernize, ending to be overwhelmed by nationalisms destined to affirm themselves with the First World War. Such a paradigm, however, is not enough to explain many dynamics that affected the Balkan-Middle Eastern area between the 19th and 20th centuries. This volume marks a synthesis of the final decades of the Ottoman Empire, from the Balkan crisis of 1878 to its dissolution, incorporating these events in the context of the growing globalization process of the world. In the perspective of world history, we can better understand the reform efforts of imperial structures and the secessionist movements of national movements, the Islamic reaction to the state crisis and the advent of the young-Turkish movement, the violent crisis of Islamic coexistence Christianity and the birth of a recognized Turkish state-nation at international level, but also weakened by the end of its internal pluralism. It gives an articulate picture of the Ottoman complex "modernity", the origin of the imperial sunset, but also the root of numerous issues with which Turkey continues to be measured.
Nel 1923 l’Impero ottomano cessò di esistere. In passato si è spiegato tale evento soprattutto con l’incapacità del mondo ottomano di modernizzarsi, finendo per essere travolto dai nazionalismi destinati ad affermarsi con la Prima Guerra Mondiale. Tale paradigma, però, non è sufficiente a spiegare molte dinamiche che interessarono l’area balcanico-mediorientale tra XIX e XX secolo. Questo volume traccia una sintesi dei decenni finali dell’Impero ottomano, dalla crisi balcanica del 1878 alla sua dissoluzione, inserendo tali vicende nel quadro del crescente processo di «globalizzazione» del mondo. Nella prospettiva della world history si possono, infatti, comprendere meglio gli sforzi di riforma delle strutture imperiali e le spinte secessioniste dei movimenti nazionali, la reazione islamica alla crisi dello Stato e l’avvento del movimento giovane-turco, la crisi violenta della coabitazione islamo-cristiana e la nascita di uno Stato-nazione turco riconosciuto a livello internazionale, ma anche indebolito dalla fine del suo pluralismo interno. Ne emerge un articolato quadro della complessa «modernità» ottomana, all’origine del tramonto imperiale, ma anche radice di numerose questioni con le quali continua ancora a misurarsi la Turchia contemporanea.
Del Zanna, G. A., La fine dell'Impero ottomano, Il Mulino, Bologna 2012:<<Universale Paperback>>, 206 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/37076]
La fine dell'Impero ottomano
Del Zanna, Giorgio Aldo
2012
Abstract
In 1923 the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist. In the past, this event was explained above all by the inability of the Ottoman world to modernize, ending to be overwhelmed by nationalisms destined to affirm themselves with the First World War. Such a paradigm, however, is not enough to explain many dynamics that affected the Balkan-Middle Eastern area between the 19th and 20th centuries. This volume marks a synthesis of the final decades of the Ottoman Empire, from the Balkan crisis of 1878 to its dissolution, incorporating these events in the context of the growing globalization process of the world. In the perspective of world history, we can better understand the reform efforts of imperial structures and the secessionist movements of national movements, the Islamic reaction to the state crisis and the advent of the young-Turkish movement, the violent crisis of Islamic coexistence Christianity and the birth of a recognized Turkish state-nation at international level, but also weakened by the end of its internal pluralism. It gives an articulate picture of the Ottoman complex "modernity", the origin of the imperial sunset, but also the root of numerous issues with which Turkey continues to be measured.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.