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Inventing laziness : the culture of productivity in late Ottoman society

Title

Inventing laziness : the culture of productivity in late Ottoman society / Melis Hafez, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Author

Hafez, Melis, 1978-

Publication

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2021]
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Description

xiv, 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In 1843, just four years after the proclamation of the Imperial Edict of Gülhane, which launched the Ottoman Empire into a century of accelerated reform, an unsigned editorial appeared in Ceride-i Havadis, the first semi-official newspaper of the empire. The anonymous author stated that, despite the fact that the Ottoman realms possessed "the most pleasant weather, fertile lands, and a population smarter than other climatic zones," the other regions, where, according to him, the weather is harsh (vahim), and people are stupid (gabi), were militarily victorious and much more productive. Perplexed and dismayed by this predicament, the author concluded that the Ottoman Empire's economic and military weaknesses could be ascribed to "its people's lack of effort and ardor (sa'y u gayret)." The author believed that the Ottomans wasted their lives in vain and raised their children in "utter laziness." They neither helped themselves nor benefited their society (halkın işine yaramak)"--

Alternative Title

Culture of productivity in late Ottoman society

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-287) and index.

ISBN

9781108427845
1108427847
9781108448215
1108448216
9781108551922 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2021039471

OCLC

on1245658704
1245658704
SCSB-14343098

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries