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The Dawn Of Ottoman Popular Political Economy: The Turkish Translations Of Otto Hübner’S Der Kleine Volkswirth

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  • Kilinçoğlu, Deniz T.

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Otto Hübner’s (1818–1877) international bestseller introduction to political economy, Der kleine Volkswirth, appeared in Turkish in 1869 in two different editions. Two Ottoman officials translated the book into Turkish with different linguistic styles and pedagogical objectives. Beyond being an exceptional case in Ottoman-Turkish economic literature in this respect, the Hübner translations heralded the dawn of popular political economy in the Ottoman Empire. Economic literature before 1869 consisted of works written exclusively for the elite to introduce this new science as an instrument of state administration. Starting with the Hübner translations, we observe the burgeoning of a popular economic literature in the empire aiming at changing the economic mentality and behavior of the masses. This study is a comparative examination of the two Ottoman-Turkish translations of Der kleine Volkswirth in historical context.

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  • Kilinçoğlu, Deniz T., 2019. "The Dawn Of Ottoman Popular Political Economy: The Turkish Translations Of Otto Hübner’S Der Kleine Volkswirth," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 41(3), pages 351-367, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jhisec:v:41:y:2019:i:03:p:351-367_00
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