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Poslední úprava: doc. Adrian Brisku, Ph.D. (28.08.2018)
Why would these two multiethnic and multi-confessional land empires not survive the dawn of the twentieth century? Reluctantly yet repeatedly both Russian and Ottoman empires – each other’s most unrelenting foes – similarly embarked on reform during the nineteenth century. In the European inter-state realm, this entailed opting for military alliances as opposed to international isolation, and even as in the case of Russia reforming that inter-state order. Meanwhile, in the domestic realm it meant the exaltation for reform projects such as permanent laws and new institutions, political economy and political representation. The course will provide a reading to these contested concepts as the nationalistic and social revolutionary fever engulfs the respective imperial societies in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. Adrian Brisku, Ph.D. (28.08.2018)
1. Introduction to the Course · Syllabus · Brisku, A. 2017., Political Reform in the Ottoman and the Russian Empires: A Comparative Approach, ‘Introduction’
2. A Question of Definition and Comparison · Lieven, D. 2000. Russian Empire and its Rivals. New Haven: Yale University Press; chapter 1 ‘Empire: A Word and Its Meanings’, pp. 3-27; · Lieven’s book continued, chapter 4, ‘The Ottoman Empire’, pp. 128-158. · Rieber, A. J. 2001. ‘From Reform to Empire: Russia’s “New” Political History’, Kritika 2 (2): 261-268.
3. Politics of War and Peace: European Law of Nations versus Geopolitics in the Treaty of Paris 1856 and Berlin 1878 · Kayaoğlu, T. 2010. Legal Imperialism: Sovereignty and Extraterritoriality in Japan, the Ottoman Empire, and China. Cambridge: CUP, chapter ‘The Ottoman Empire’s Elusive Dream of Sovereignty’, pp. 104-148. · Augusti, E. 2011. ‘From Capitulations to Unequal Treaties: The Matter of an External Jurisdiction in the Ottoman Empire’, Journal of Civil Law Studies 4(2): 285-308. · Holquist, P. forthcoming. ‘The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 in the Balkans and Caucasian Theatres’, pp. 1-22.
4. Moral Economy versus Political Economy: Imperial Russia · Brisku, A. 2017., Political Reform in the Ottoman and the Russian Empires: A Comparative Approach, Chapter 3, · Ananich, B. 2006. ‘The Russian Economy and Banking System’, in D. Lieven (ed.) The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume II, Imperial Russia, 1689-1917. Cambridge: CUP, pp. 394-428. · Lincoln, W. B. 1990. The Great Reforms: Autocracy, Bureaucracy, and the Politics of Change in Imperial Russia. Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, pp. 61-89. · Owen, Th. C. 1985. ‘The Russian Industrial Society and Tsarist Economic Policy 1867-1905’, The Journal of Economic Policy, 45(3): 587-606.
5. Moral Economy versus Political Economy: the Ottoman Empire · Stanford J. Shaw. 1975. ‘The Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Tax Reform and Revenue System’, IJMS 6(4): 421-459. · Quataert, D. 2005. The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922, 2nd edition. Cambridge: CUP, chapter 7, ‘Ottoman Economy: Population, Transportation, Trade, Agriculture and Manufacturing’, pp. 111-141. · Brisku, A. 2017., Political Reform in the Ottoman and the Russian Empires: A Comparative Approach, Chapter 4, pp. 168-179.
6. Constitutionalism as External Deflection? · Brisku, A. 2017., Political Reform in the Ottoman and the Russian Empires: A Comparative Approach, Chapter 4, 179-188 · Berkes, N. 1964. The Development of Secularism in Turkey. Montreal: McGill University Press, chapter 8, ‘Constitution of 1876’ pp. 223-248. · Karpat, K. H. 2002. Studies on Social and Political History: Selected Articles and Essays. Leiden: Brill, article, ‘The Ottoman Parliament of 1877 and its Social Significance’, pp. 75-89. 7. Nationalists Empires · Stone, N. et al. 2004. ‘The Russians and the Turks: Imperialism and Nationalism in the Era of Empires’, in A. Miller and A. J. Rieber (eds), Imperial Rule. Budapest: CEU Press, pp. 27-46. · Quataert, D. 2005. The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922, 2nd edition. Cambridge: CUP, chapter 9, ‘Inter-communal Co-operation and Conflict’, pp. 174-194. · Gawrych, G. W. 1983. ‘Tolerant Dimensions of Cultural Pluralism in the Ottoman Empire: the Albanian Community, 1800-1912’, IJMS 15(4), 519-536. 8. Imperial Pan-Slavism · Morison, J. D. 1968. ‘Katkov and Panslavism’, The Slavonic and East European Review 46(107): 422-441. · Jersild, A. 2002. Orientalism and Empire: North Caucasus Mountain Peoples and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, chapter 7, ‘Russification and the Return of Conquest’, pp. 126-144.
9. The Rise of Pan-Islamism and Pan-Turkism · Mardin, S. 2000. The Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought: A Study in the Modernisation of Turkish Political Ideas. USA: Syracuse University Press, pp. 326-332. · Khalid, A. 2005. ‘Pan-islamism in Practice: the Rhetoric of Muslim Unity and its Uses’, in E. Őzdalga (ed.), Late Ottoman Society: the Intellectual Legacy. London: Routledge, pp. 201-224. 10. Constitutional Empires on the Edge · Brisku, A. 2017., Political Reform in the Ottoman and the Russian Empires: A Comparative Approach, ‘Epilogue’ · Waldron, P. 2005. ‘Late Imperial Constitutionalism’, in I. D. Thatcher, Late Imperial Russia: Problems and Prospects. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 28-43. · Lewis, B. 1968. The Emergence of Modern Turkey, 2nd edition. London: OUP, chapter 7, ‘Union and Progress’ pp. 210-238. · Nader, S. 1996. ‘Historicising Revolutions: Constitutional Revolutions in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, and Russia, 1905-1908’, The American Journal of Sociology 100(6): 1383-1447 (skip the Iranian part)
11. The Rise of the Social Question in Russia · Zelnik, R. E. ‘Russian Workers and Revolution’, in D. Lieven (ed.) The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume II, Imperial Russia, 1689-1917. Cambridge: CUP, pp. 617-636. · Lenin, V. I., What is to Be Done. London: Penguin, section 3, ‘Trade Unionist Politics and Social-Democratic Politics’, pp. 120-161. · Jones, S. F. 1989. ‘Marxism and the Peasant Revolt in the Russian Empire: the Case of Gurian Republic,The Slavonic and East European Review 67(3): 403-434.
12. Last Encounters · Lieven, D. 1999. ‘Dilemmas of Empire 1850-1918. Power, Territory, Identity’, Journal of Contemporary History 34(2): 163-200. · Reynolds, M. A. 2011. Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires 1908-1918. Cambridge: CUP, chapter 1, ‘The High Politics of Anarchy and Competition’, pp. 22-45; chapter 8, ‘Racing Against Time’ and ‘Epilogue’ pp. 219-267. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. Adrian Brisku, Ph.D. (28.08.2018)
1) Attendance is mandatory as the course is designed as a seminar where substantial student participation is needed. 2) For each class, a position paper of around 300 words should be prepared. Position papers should either address reading for particular class or constitute an analytical coverage of relevant topics. 3) Students to prepare a one-page, single-spaced paper for the last day workshop laying out and justifying his/her approach in relation to the seminars readings. 4) Final paper should cover one of the themes of the course, to be agreed with the course instructor. It should be up to 3000 words, submitted electronically on the last week of the course. 5) Active class participation - 30%, position papers - 30% and final paper - 40%.
D COURSE EVALUTION A - "výborně - A" - "excellent - A"
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Poslední úprava: doc. Adrian Brisku, Ph.D. (28.08.2018)
1. Introduction to the Course 2. A Question of Definition and Comparison 3. Politics of War and Peace: European Law of Nations versus Geopolitics in the Treaty of Paris 1856 and Berlin 1878 4. Moral Economy versus Political Economy: The Russian Empire 5. Moral Economy versus Political Economy: The Ottoman Empire 6. Constitutionalism as External Deflection? 7. Nationalist Empires 8. Imperial Pan-Slavism 9. The Rise of Pan-Islamism and Pan-Turkism 10. Constitutional Empires on the Edge 11. The Rise of Social Question in Russia 12. Last Encounters |