englischHow did intellectual elites, who had acquired their position and formed their self-conception within the Ottoman Empire, deal with its loss and change? This question is discussed by looking at their representations of Southeast Europe in Ottoman and Turkish travel literature. The study [...]

Die Islamische Republik Iran ist an den gewohnheitsrechtlichen Inhalt der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte gebunden. In der Verfassung Irans gelten Gleichheitsrechte jedoch nur für Musliminnen und Muslime. Auch wird der Schutz durch das Gesetz in der Verfassung den BürgerInnen der [...]

Das Thema der vorliegenden Studie ist die ideologische Reproduktion bei der Muslimbruderschaft in der arabischen Welt zwischen 1950 und 2013. Den Prozess der Indoktrination verortet sie im sogenannten „Familiensystem“, dessen Funktionsweise sie im Kontext der gesellschaftlichen und politischen [...]

englischThe history of the Kızılbaş-Alevis in the Ottoman Empire is often remembered and written as a history of persecution and oppression. This study opens up a perspective on the Ottoman state and the Kızılbaş-Alevis beyond such dominant narratives. It approaches the period between the 16th and [...]

englischThis book analyzes the Russian 19th-century discourse on the Orient as a field where the conceptual foundations of contemporary understandings of religion evolved. In case studies on the reception of Islam, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Shamanism with a focus on the first half of the century [...]

englischHeroic tales recount violence, which can be defined as a deliberate assault on the body of another against their will. The act of violence is a culmination of courage, determination, contempt for rules and the power to act; violence appears as a paradigmatic test of the individual. Violence [...]

englischThe First World War was the first great catastrophe of the twentieth century, and the Ottoman Empire was part of it. The Ottoman theatre in the Great War witnessed both the demolition and re-making of the modern Middle East. This volume focuses on specific topics which touch upon concrete [...]