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Containing Balkan Nationalism: Imperial Russia and Ottoman Christians 1856-1914
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Containing Balkan Nationalism: Imperial Russia and Ottoman Christians 1856-1914 Hardcover - 2016

by Vovchenko, Denis

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Oxford Univ Pr, 2016. Hardcover. New. 360 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches.
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  • Title Containing Balkan Nationalism: Imperial Russia and Ottoman Christians 1856-1914
  • Author Vovchenko, Denis
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 358
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford Univ Pr
  • Date 2016
  • Features Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0190276673
  • ISBN 9780190276676 / 0190276673
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.1 in (23.88 x 16.00 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Balkan
    • Cultural Region: Russian
    • Cultural Region: Turkey
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Nationalism - Balkan Peninsula - History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015050170
  • Dewey Decimal Code 949.603

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Containing Balkan Nationalism focuses on the implications of the Bulgarian national movement that developed in the context of Ottoman modernization and of European imperialism in the Near East. The movement aimed to achieve the status of an independent Bulgarian Orthodox church, removing ethnic Bulgarians from the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. This independent church status meant legal and cultural autonomy within the Islamic structure of the Ottoman Empire, which recognized religious minorities rather than ethnic ones.

Denis Vovchenko shows how Russian policymakers, intellectuals, and prelates worked together with the Ottoman government, Balkan and other diplomats, and rival churches, to contain and defuse ethnic conflict among Ottoman Christians through the promotion of supraethnic religious institutions and identities. The envisioned arrangements were often inspired by modern visions of a political and cultural union of Orthodox Slavs and Greeks. Whether realized or not, they demonstrated the strength and flexibility of supranational identities and institutions on the eve of the First World War. The book encourages contemporary analysts and policymakers to explore the potential of such traditional loyalties to defuse current ethnic tensions and serve as organic alternatives to generic models of power-sharing and federation.

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About the author

Denis Vovchenko is Associate Professor of History at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. He is the author of articles and reviews in scholarly journals such as Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of the History of Ideas, Middle Eastern Studies, Kritika, and Modern Greek Studies Yearbook.