Civilization and the Making of the State in Lebanon and Syria 1st Editon

Civilization and the Making of the State in Lebanon and Syria 1st Editon – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783030576899,3030576892,9783030576905, 3030576906

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 3030576906
• ISBN-13: 9783030576905
• Author: Andrew Delatolla

This book argues that the modern state, from the nineteenth century to the contemporary period, has consistently been used as a means to measure civilizational engagement and attainment. This volume historicizes this dynamic, examining how it impacted state-making in Lebanon and Syria. By putting social, political, and economic pressure on the Ottoman Empire to replicate the modern state in Europe, the book examines processes of racialization, nationalist development, continued imperial expansion, and resistance that became embedded in the state as it was assembled. By historicizing post-imperial and post-colonial state formation in Lebanon and Syria, it is possible to engage in a conceptual separation from the modern state, abandoning the ongoing reproduction of the state as a standard, or benchmark, of civilization and progress.

Table contents:

1. Introduction
2. The Standards of Civilization and the Production of Statehood
3. Equality as a Standard of Civilization: The Opposition Towards Ottoman Tolerance
4. Race, Religion, and Civilization in Programs of Governance and Modernization
5. Territory, Identity, and Governance: Creating Order from Disorder
6. Violent Resistance: Interactions with Modernity and European Interference
7. Nationalism as Resistance: Acquiescing to European Identifiers
8. Preventing Autonomy: European Interests and the Application of a Standard of Civilization
9. Conclusion: Taking Histories of Post-colonial Statehood Seriously

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