Onur Özgöde @ummodern@sciences.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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AP @Bilkent_Pols | Econ sociologist working on governance & techno-politics | Writing book on systemic risk @MITpress | @ColumbiaSoc Alum
Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire: Armenians and the Politics of Reform in the Ottoman Empire
Richard E. AntaramianOnur Özgöde @ummodern@sciences.social@DIAS @IoannisIoannou9 Also read my friend @reantaramian’s excellent work on the transformation of the Armenian patriarchy as part of the process Karen outlines. Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire: Armenians and the Politics of Reform in the Ottoman Empire https://t.co/PvexbuWpgw
Paperback, 2020
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science
Ian HackingOnur Özgöde @ummodern@sciences.socialThis is is a massive loss. I literally did my PhD reading his books one after the other. His work on the archeology of stats and probability were mind-bending; Representing and Intervening was foundational, Social Construction of What? was mind-opening. https://t.co/FebailNRZW
Paperback, 1983
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe
Mark MazowerOnur Özgöde @ummodern@sciences.social@Moschovidis @burakjimmy @ahmet_krcr @StudioXamaiLeon @DIAS Until the late 19th, local elites ruled over locals; and in many cases they were non-Muslims. In his new book on the Greek revolution, Mark Mazower notes that the revolt was originally against the Greek elites, partly bc the center did nothing to stop their abuses on locals. +
Paperback, 2022
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Orientalism
Edward W. SaidOnur Özgöde @ummodern@sciences.social@DIAS @IoannisIoannou9 post colonial theory inspired literature that has been inspired by Edward Said’s orientalism. I have studied it a long time ago (20 years), so I won’t be able give you specific references that directly addresses your question but I am sure you can find it if you look around. +
Paperback, 1979
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Social Construction of What?
Ian HackingOnur Özgöde @ummodern@sciences.socialThis is is a massive loss. I literally did my PhD reading his books one after the other. His work on the archeology of stats and probability were mind-bending; Representing and Intervening was foundational, Social Construction of What? was mind-opening. https://t.co/FebailNRZW
Paperback, 2000
$34.50$17.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Have Never Been Modern
Bruno LaTourOnur Özgöde @ummodern@sciences.socialFor those who are not in the know, my twitter handle comes from Latour’s We Have Never Been Modern. He proposes ummodernity as an alternative to postmodernity so that we can overcome our modern delusions without falling back on anti-modernism and traditionalism.
Paperback, 1993
$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
13: Tales of Dark Fiction
Adam BradleyOnur Özgöde @ummodern@sciences.social@Eric__Brown__13 @MadisonECondon We need micro studies of what people felt like when they dreamed back in 13th century!
Paperback, 2011
$10.59$5.30 + Free shipping50% off your first book