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FROM “SARACEN SCOURGE” TO “TERRIBLE TURK”: MEDIEVAL,
RENAISSANCE, AND ENLIGHTENMENT IMAGES OF THE “OTHER” IN THE
NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF “EUROPE”
by
Paul T. Levin
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Paul T. Levin
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| Title | From "Saracen scourge" to "terrible Turk": medieval, renaissance, and enlightenment images of the "Other" in the narrative construction of "Europe" |
| Author | Levin, Paul T. |
| Author email | paultlevin@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-05-28 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-07-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Alker, Hayward R. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Brand, Laurie A. Kuran, Timur |
| Abstract | This dissertation examines medieval Christian images of Muslims and their influence on later European attitudes toward Islam and Turks. It elaborates a theory of collective identity as the dramatic or theatrical performance of a socially constructed collective Self that can be analyzed in three dimensions. The diachronic, or temporal, dimension is captured in the notions of historical meta-narratives and scripts. The two synchronic, or atemporal, dimensions are those of social space -- anchored in the concepts of images and role-relationships -- and physical space -- further divisible into two ways of attaching importance to the physical setting for a given community. The empirical chapters of the dissertation examine a number of significant historical periods and cases. Two chapters look at Eastern and Latin Christendom from the Early to the High Middle Ages, two further chapters contain case studies of the writings of Martin Luther and Voltaire, and the last empirical chapter is a case study of debates in the European Parliament during the 1990s and early years of the 21st century. A concluding disscussion considers similarities and differences in how Turks and/or Saracens were represented in different epochs. The thesis argues that the generally hostile depictions of Muslims found in medieval writings on theology, historiography, and politics were part of struggles over the construction of a common Christian identity, upon which a secular European identity was eventually constructed. It further aims to illustrate how our understanding of the European Union's ambivalent posture toward Turkey can be advanced as a result of this historical investigation. |
| Keyword | Turkey -- relations -- European Union; the other; European Union -- enlargement -- Turkey; images of Islam; images of Turks; Christendom -- relations -- Islam |
| Geographic subject (country) | Turkey |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m667 |
| Rights | Levin, Paul T. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Levin-20070725 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Levin-20070725.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | FROM “SARACEN SCOURGE” TO “TERRIBLE TURK”: MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, AND ENLIGHTENMENT IMAGES OF THE “OTHER” IN THE NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF “EUROPE” by Paul T. Levin A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) August 2007 Copyright 2007 Paul T. Levin |
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