A Muslim Dualism? Inter-Imperial History and Austria-Hungary in Ottoman Thought, 1867–1921

Historians often look for genealogies of nationalism in Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman imperial history. In this article, I use an inter-imperial framework to argue that the formative period of contemporary Eastern Mediterranean-European regionalism was the last five decades of these two empires. The...

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Published inContemporary European history Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 478 - 496
Main Author Mestyan, Adam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2021
Subjects
19th century
Arab people
Cooperation
Diplomatic & consular services
Economic history
Ethnicity
Federalism
Foreign policy
International trade
Nation states
Politics
Regionalism
World War I
Austria
Hungary
United Kingdom > UK
Europe
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Ottoman Empire
Germany
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Summary:Historians often look for genealogies of nationalism in Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman imperial history. In this article, I use an inter-imperial framework to argue that the formative period of contemporary Eastern Mediterranean-European regionalism was the last five decades of these two empires. The diplomatic, economic and cultural relations between the two middle powers compose an alternative history to national narratives. I show that dualism (‘independence’ within empire) was an attractive imperial reform model for Ottoman Muslim intellectuals. I describe first a forgotten Egyptian-Ottoman dualist vision, and then I analyse the more well-known Arab-Turkish dualist plans up to 1921.
ISSN:0960-7773
1469-2171
DOI:10.1017/S0960777321000291