HINE 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Auguste Comte, The Great Exhibition, Germ Theory Of Disease
Lecture 8 – The Age of Capital and Crisis
❖ Cultural Changes
• Tanzimat Period is defined by:
o Foreign Political intervention
o Administrative Reforms
o Economic incorporation
• But also:
o A cultural revolution (maybe a limited one)
o A new type of knowledge based on European science and values
dominated every area
❖ The Dualism of the Tanzimat
• Sharia law vs. the Tanzimat codes
• Old sharia courts vs. the new nizamiye courts
o Didt eliiate the sharia courts but at the same time invested in more
western structured institutions
• Old literature vs. European literary forms
• Traditional social life centered around religious festivals vs. foreign influence in
social life.
o Bureaucrats adopted western languages and culture but were sort of
ostracized because people felt like they were mimicking a culture that
they didt really uderstad.
❖ Opposition to Tanzimat
• Criticism of authoritarian bureaucrats
• Opposition to increasing economic dependency
• Opposition to the infiltration of Western values
o Islamic response
❖ Periodization in the Syllabus
• Beginnings (1789-1808)
• Early Reforms (1808-1856)
• Economic Integration (1853-1882)
• The Return of the Sultan (1876-1908)
• Endings (1908-1918)
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Document Summary
Lecture 8 the age of capital and crisis. Cultural changes: tanzimat period is defined by, foreign political intervention, administrative reforms, economic incorporation, but also, a cultural revolution (maybe a limited one, a new type of knowledge based on european science and values dominated every area. Opposition to tanzimat: criticism of authoritarian bureaucrats, opposition to increasing economic dependency, opposition to the infiltration of western values. Periodization in the syllabus: beginnings (1789-1808, early reforms (1808-1856, economic integration (1853-1882, the return of the sultan (1876-1908, endings (1908-1918) Discussion questions: what were the consequences of the influence of nationalism in mid-19th century. The great exhibition: showing off urbanization and industrialization. The reign of science: charles dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:859)s origi(cid:374) of spe(cid:272)ies, the means of natural selection as a way for species to survive and evolve into more complex forms, louis pasteur(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)utio(cid:374)s to the ger(cid:373) theory of disease.
