Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire

Contrary to the stereotypical images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual behaviour traditionally associated with Ottoman (or ‘Turkish’) prisons, Kent F. Schull argues that these places were sites of immense reform and contestation during the 19th century. He shows that they were key components f...

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1. autor: Schull, Kent F.
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description Contrary to the stereotypical images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual behaviour traditionally associated with Ottoman (or ‘Turkish’) prisons, Kent F. Schull argues that these places were sites of immense reform and contestation during the 19th century. He shows that they were key components for Ottoman nation-state construction and acted as 'microcosms of modernity' for broader imperial transformation. It was within the walls of these prisons that many of the pressing questions of Ottoman modernity were worked out, such as administrative centralisation, the rationalisation of Islamic criminal law and punishment, issues of gender and childhood, prisoner rehabilitation, bureaucratic professionalisation, identity and social engineering. Juxtaposing state-mandated reform with the reality of prison life, the author investigates how these reforms affected the lives of local prison officials and inmates.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-366572025-07-31T11:33:41Z Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire Schull, Kent F. History civilisation penal reform Ottoman Empire Ottoman prisons Turkish prisons Middle East history defensive modernisation Istanbul Sharia thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam::QRPP Islamic life and practice Contrary to the stereotypical images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual behaviour traditionally associated with Ottoman (or ‘Turkish’) prisons, Kent F. Schull argues that these places were sites of immense reform and contestation during the 19th century. He shows that they were key components for Ottoman nation-state construction and acted as 'microcosms of modernity' for broader imperial transformation. It was within the walls of these prisons that many of the pressing questions of Ottoman modernity were worked out, such as administrative centralisation, the rationalisation of Islamic criminal law and punishment, issues of gender and childhood, prisoner rehabilitation, bureaucratic professionalisation, identity and social engineering. Juxtaposing state-mandated reform with the reality of prison life, the author investigates how these reforms affected the lives of local prison officials and inmates. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-01-24 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2020-03-24 03:00:27 2020-04-01T13:13:06Z 2014-04-11 book 642717 OCN: 881416142 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30785 9780748677696 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36657 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30785/1/642717.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30785/1/642717.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30785/1/642717.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30785/1/642717.pdf Edinburgh University Press 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748641734.001.0001 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748641734.001.0001 208d7ab7-a2e4-4c7f-83b1-53dfb4ba4a35 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780748677696 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection 100964 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection open access
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Middle East history
defensive modernisation
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Schull, Kent F.
Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire
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civilisation
penal reform
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman prisons
Turkish prisons
Middle East history
defensive modernisation
Istanbul
Sharia
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