Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Ottoman Empire
- 1 Revolution and the Neopatrimonial State
- 2 The Young Turk Revolution and the Global Wave
- 3 Constitutional and Extra-constitutional Struggles
- 4 The Staff Policies and the Purges
- 5 Counterrevolution and Its Aftermath
- Iran
- Concluding Remarks
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- References
2 - The Young Turk Revolution and the Global Wave
from The Ottoman Empire
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Ottoman Empire
- 1 Revolution and the Neopatrimonial State
- 2 The Young Turk Revolution and the Global Wave
- 3 Constitutional and Extra-constitutional Struggles
- 4 The Staff Policies and the Purges
- 5 Counterrevolution and Its Aftermath
- Iran
- Concluding Remarks
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
Can actors assimilate social movements to global revolutionary waves? How do global possibilities on the one hand, and local practical, historical, and cultural constraints on the other shape imaginations? What is the relation between agency and material and ideal structures? Do revolutions influence each other in framing ideologies and demands, forms of action, and timing?
The Young Turks’ framing of local grievances in the language of constitutionalism betrayed a global influence. Constitutionalism was taken as reason for political, economic, and “civilizational” advances in Europe. The French Revolution assumed the status of the first constitutional revolution and the principal event of modern history. By the early twentieth century these ideas did not appear new, thanks to the Young Ottomans and a good number of events around world. For instance, the Russo-Japanese war brought to light Japan’s immense progress since its supposed constitutional revolution. And the ongoing constitutional agitations in neighboring Russia and Iran, and even in the more distant China, served to confirm that the tide of history was in their favor.
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