A Simple Approach to Overcoming Euro-Specific Feudalism

Name: A Simple Approach to Overcoming Euro-Specific Feudalism
Author: Ibrahim Mulushewa Eshete

İsim	A Simple Approach to Overcoming Euro-Specific Feudalism
Yazar	Ibrahim Mulushewa Eshete
Konu	Asiatic mode of production, Feudalism
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	EISSN: 2651-379X
Kayıt Numarası	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_e928899f4db64845bec012e39c50878c
Lokasyon	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notlar	In debates over the nature of the Ottoman social formation, most 20th century Turkish historians have tended to argue that it was “not feudal.” I argue that this is mostly because of the extent to which they have unconsciously imported and internalized Eurocentrism. In particular, it is because they have been using a Euro-specific notion or definition of feudalism as their yardstick. Also involved is a methodological, indeed philosophical failure to differentiate between genus and species, between the specific and the general. What is common to most agrarian states and societies in pre-modernity is the existence of a fief-system. But once a royal power-center resorts to fief-distribution, different power configurations can result. It is this revisionist approach to taxonomy that is proposed in this article, derived from my recently completed PhD thesis on civilizations’ common structures
Görüntüle	İbn Haldun çalışmaları dergisi (Online), 2023-07, Vol.8 (2)

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A Simple Approach to Overcoming Euro-Specific Feudalism

Yazar Ibrahim Mulushewa Eshete

Konu Asiatic mode of production, Feudalism

Tür Kitap

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası EISSN: 2651-379X

Kayıt Numarası cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_e928899f4db64845bec012e39c50878c

Lokasyon DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notlar In debates over the nature of the Ottoman social formation, most 20th century Turkish historians have tended to argue that it was “not feudal.” I argue that this is mostly because of the extent to which they have unconsciously imported and internalized Eurocentrism. In particular, it is because they have been using a Euro-specific notion or definition of feudalism as their yardstick. Also involved is a methodological, indeed philosophical failure to differentiate between genus and species, between the specific and the general. What is common to most agrarian states and societies in pre-modernity is the existence of a fief-system. But once a royal power-center resorts to fief-distribution, different power configurations can result. It is this revisionist approach to taxonomy that is proposed in this article, derived from my recently completed PhD thesis on civilizations’ common structures

Görüntüle İbn Haldun çalışmaları dergisi (Online), 2023-07, Vol.8 (2)