Şemseddin Sami, Women, and Social Conscience in the Late Ottoman Empire

In championing women's rights, Şemseddin Sami (1850-1904) sought to remould Ottoman social conscience along an egalitarian ethic based on gender equality in intelligence. In his novel Taaşşuk-ı Talat ve Fitnat, his treatise Women, and his six-volume encyclopaedia Kamus al-A'lam, he offered...

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Published in:Middle Eastern studies 2010-01, Vol.46 (1), p.97-115
Main Author: Gawrych, George W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Egalitarianism
Ethics
Females
Feminism
French literature
Gender equality
Humans
Men
Middle East
Middle Eastern studies
Muslims
Ottoman Empire
Philosophical thought
Religious poetry
Sami, Semseddin
Social history
Social norms
Values
Women's rights
Women's role
Womens education
Womens rights
Womens studies
Writers
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Summary:In championing women's rights, Şemseddin Sami (1850-1904) sought to remould Ottoman social conscience along an egalitarian ethic based on gender equality in intelligence. In his novel Taaşşuk-ı Talat ve Fitnat, his treatise Women, and his six-volume encyclopaedia Kamus al-A'lam, he offered the ideal of monogamous marriage based on love and forgiveness, underscored the imperative of female education and job opportunities, and demonstrated the wide range of women's achievements throughout Islamic and Western history. The remaking of men needed to complement the remaking of women. Detailed studies of individual writers and magazines are necessary to gain an appreciation of the struggle to redefine the dignity of women in the late Ottoman Empire.
ISSN:0026-3206
1743-7881
DOI:10.1080/00263200903432282