In this thesis two &ldquo / western modern state&rdquo / and three Ottoman &ldquo / state tradition&rdquo / scholars (Gianfranco Poggi, Christopher Pierson, Serif Mardin, Metin Heper and
Ç / aglar Keyder) are elaborated in the way how they write the the history for their
theorization attempts. The specially emphasized processes in these histories are
asserted to be reconstructed as the sources of an &ldquo / idealized&rdquo / -type that is assumed to
be fulfilled by &ldquo / the West&rdquo / and should also be followed by &ldquo / the rest&rdquo / . The description
of this form of a state entails a covert expectation on the requirement of an effective,
limited but primarily strong state. Since the mainstream historical knowledge builds
the foundations of both our academic studies and daily political arguments, it should
be subjected to a critique. And state theory should be rethought with comparative and
alternative perspectives.
This work does not only trace the histories of political development constituted on
&ldquo / modernization revisionist&rdquo / and &ldquo / state traditional&rdquo / theses, it also aims to cast new
perspectives for the theorization of state-formation momentums and mechanisms by
making a potpourri from some alternative readings of historical theses. As a result
some central debates are brought into the picture on the historical transformation of
state-society relationships. Along with the attempts for more comprehensive thinking
exersizes on the states, theorization does not deal with two separate states or separate
narratives of the the history but rather with the experiences thought together and
watched through the different forms they takes in each particular historical
momentums.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613527/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2011 |
| Creators | Hasdemir, A. Seven |
| Contributors | Aytekin, Attila |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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