TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maleckova,Jitka
TI  - "The Turk" in the Czech imagination (1870s-1923)
T2  - Studia imagologica : Amsterdam studies on cultural identity,
SN  - 9789004440791
AV  - DR434 
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill Rodopi
KW  - Turks
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Czechs
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Slavs
KW  - Orientalism
KW  - International relations
KW  - Public opinion, Czech
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / General
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Foreign public opinion, Czech
KW  - Bohemia (Czech Republic)
KW  - Relations
KW  - Czech Republic
KW  - Bohemia
KW  - History
KW  - 1848-1918
KW  - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Why Czechs and Turks? -- The return of the "Terrible Turk" -- Czechs abroad -- Civilizing the Slavic Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina -- "Our mission in oriental studies" -- Conclusion: The new republics
N2  - "In "The Turk" in the Czech Imagination (1870s-1923), Jitka Malečková describes Czechs' views of the Turks in the last half century of the existence of the Ottoman Empire and how they were influenced by ideas and trends in other countries, including the European fascination with the Orient, images of "the Turk," contemporary scholarship, and racial theories. The Czechs were not free from colonial ambitions either, as their attitude to Bosnia-Herzegovina demonstrates, but their viewpoint was different from that found in imperial states and among the peoples who had experienced Ottoman rule. The book convincingly shows that the Czechs mainly viewed the Turks through the lenses of nationalism and Pan-Slavism - in solidarity with the Slavs fighting against Ottoman rule"--
UR  - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv1sr6hs7
ER  -