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" The sultan's court : "
Alain Grosrichard ; translated by Liz Heron ; with an introduction by Mladen Dolar.
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BL
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857326
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Structure du sérail.English
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| Main Entry
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Grosrichard, Alain,1941-
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The sultan's court : : European fantasies of the East /\ Alain Grosrichard ; translated by Liz Heron ; with an introduction by Mladen Dolar.
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London ;New York :: Verso,, 1998.
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| Series Statement
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Wo es war
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xxvii, 222 pages ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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1859841228
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: 1859848168
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: 9781859841228
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: 9781859848166
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-222).
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| Contents
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Introduction: The Subject Supposed to Enjoy / Mladen Dolar -- pt. I.A Genealogy of the Monster. 1. The Unnameable Threat. 2. The Concept of a Fantasy -- pt. II In Orient Desert ... 3. The Gaze and the Letter. 4. The Machine. 5. The Sword and the Book. 6. Mahomet Beside Himself -- pt. III The Shadow of the Seraglio. 7. The Anatomy of the Seraglio. 8. The Guardian of the Thresholds. 9. The Other Scene -- Wo es war.
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This book is a survey of Western accounts of "Oriental despotism" in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It focuses particularly on portrayals of the Ottoman Empire and the supposedly enigmatic structure of the despot's court - the seraglio - with its viziers, janissaries, mutes, dwarfs, eunuchs and countless wives. Drawing on the writings of travellers and philosophers such as Montesquieu, Rousseau and Voltaire, the author goes further than cataloguing their fascination with the vortex of capriciousness, violence, cruelty, lust, sexual perversion and slavery which they perceived in the seraglio. Using a Lacanian psychoanalytical framework, he describes the process as one in which these leading Enlightenment figures were constructing a fantastic Other to counterpose their project of a rationally based society. He seeks not to refute the misconceptions but rather explore the nature of the fantasy and what it can reveal about modern political thought and power relations more generally. --Publisher.
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Despotism-- Turkey-- Public opinion.
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East and West.
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Courts and courtiers-- Public opinion.
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Despotie
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Despotism-- Public opinion.
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East and West.
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Fiktion
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Public opinion, Western.
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Fictie.
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Tirannie.
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Turkey, Court and courtiers, Public opinion.
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Turkey, Foreign public opinion, Western.
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Turkey, History, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
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Europa
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Europa.
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Orient
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Turkey.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.4561/09/032
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| LC Classification
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JC381.G7613 1998
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15.75bcl
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EH 5350rvk
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JC 3160 TUR (GRO).uk-btusl
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