As Night Falls: Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Cities After Dark

ISBN-13: 9781108832144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 388 str.

Avner (Tel-Aviv University) Wishnitzer

Opis

In a world that is constantly illuminated, there is much to gain from looking into the darkness of times past. This fascinating picture of nocturnal life in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire reveals how night and darkness played fundamental roles in shaping the cultural, social and political landscapes of the early modern Middle East.

Recenzje

'As Night Falls deserves to be a must-read for researchers of light, illumination, the Enlightenment, and of the long eighteenth century in general and of the late Ottoman Empire in particular.' Oumaïma Jaïdane, YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; I. Nocturnal Realities: 1. Disquieting; 2. Order Invisible; 3. The Urban Subconscious; 4. Ambivalence and Ambiguity; 5. Manufacturing Light; II. Dark Politics; 6. Shining Power; 7. Night Battles; Conclusion: Dawn of a New Night?