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"Landau's book is important in several respects... it providesexhaustive information on almost every pan-Turk publication and all of its authorsand publicists. Landau appears to have consulted every conceivable source, includingarchives and collections... In addition, the book is useful to students ofpan-nationalism and nationalism, for Landau also expertly places all his informationinto a larger theoretical context. This contribution to the literature isinvaluable." -- Journal of Developing Areas
..". a mostworthwhile work, ... It... deserves to be in all library collections on the MiddleEast." -- Perspectives on Political Science
"Landau hasprovided an up-to-date compendium of facts concerning the history of thesenationalist ideas and movements. Students of nationalism in general and the politicsof post-Soviet Central Asia and the Turkish Republic in particular will remaingreatly indebted to Landau] for some considerable time." -- American PoliticalScience Review
An examination of relations between Turks in Turkeyand their kin abroad -- in Cyprus, the Balkans, and especially in the six ex-SovietMuslim republics in the Caucasus and Central Asia. This book delineates the specialrelationship between the new republics and Turkey, which has altered the essence ofPan-Turkism from militant irredentism to practical solidarity in matters political, economic, and cultural.
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422 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1995
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Jacob M. Landau
36 books4 followersJacob M. Landau was Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Landau was born on 20 March 1924 in Kishinev, Bessarabia, which he left in 1935, moving to Palestine with his parents, Miriam and Michael Landau. They settled in Tel Aviv, where he studied at the Herzliya Gymnasium, ending his school career in 1942. He took his B.A. and M.A. in 1942-1946 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in history and Arabic studies. His M.A. thesis researched the nationalist movement in modern Egypt. It was supervised by Professor Richard Michael Koebner. For his Ph.D. studies he went to the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. His Ph.D. dissertation there was on parliaments and parties in Egypt (published in book form in 1953). His supervisor was Professor Bernard Lewis.
Returning to Israel in 1949, he first taught history and the Arabic language at the Hebrew University’s experimental high school from 1949 to 1958, interrupting this to take up a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University with Professor H.A.R. Gibbs in 1955-1956. During that year he was also visiting lecturer in modern Middle East history at Brandeis University. In 1958 he joined the Hebrew University’s department of political science where he lectured until 1993 when he left as a full professor emeritus. During those years he also served as a part-time professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel, in addition to the Hebrew University. He also served as visiting professor at foreign universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey.
Landau was born on 20 March 1924 in Kishinev, Bessarabia, which he left in 1935, moving to Palestine with his parents, Miriam and Michael Landau. They settled in Tel Aviv, where he studied at the Herzliya Gymnasium, ending his school career in 1942. He took his B.A. and M.A. in 1942-1946 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in history and Arabic studies. His M.A. thesis researched the nationalist movement in modern Egypt. It was supervised by Professor Richard Michael Koebner. For his Ph.D. studies he went to the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. His Ph.D. dissertation there was on parliaments and parties in Egypt (published in book form in 1953). His supervisor was Professor Bernard Lewis.
Returning to Israel in 1949, he first taught history and the Arabic language at the Hebrew University’s experimental high school from 1949 to 1958, interrupting this to take up a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University with Professor H.A.R. Gibbs in 1955-1956. During that year he was also visiting lecturer in modern Middle East history at Brandeis University. In 1958 he joined the Hebrew University’s department of political science where he lectured until 1993 when he left as a full professor emeritus. During those years he also served as a part-time professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel, in addition to the Hebrew University. He also served as visiting professor at foreign universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey.
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October 7, 2024
Tedious voyage through fascinating country
It was with great delight that I read of Jacob Landau's book "Pan-Turkism: From Irredentism to Cooperation", and with anticipation that I ordered it. It seemed to promise a comprehensive look at a subject that had once, 35 years before, appealed to me as exotic, but in today's changed, post-Soviet world, become immediate and apropos. Having read it, a job that unfortunately took a great deal of forbearance, I must report a certain reluctance to recommend this volume to any but the most dedicated of readers. For them, no doubt Landau's work will be very satisfying, for it is exhaustive, excellently-organized, and impressive in its knowledge. For students of modern Turkey or indeed of Pan-Turkism, this book may be indispensable, but for a more general reader with a strong, but not professional, interest in Turkish history and contemporary Turkish politics, culture, and society, I fear that Landau's book will prove too dense, too loaded with detail, and too packed with footnotes to provide any satisfaction. It is no doubt the premier work on its subject. However, a more readable work on this fascinating and pertinent aspect of 19th, 20th, and (I suspect) 21st century history must be awaited. Pan-Turkism has gone through phases--from the Balkan-style irredentism of Pan-Turkist writers in the late Ottoman and early Republic period, to a latent stage between roughly 1923 and 1943, and then to a growing resurgence of the ideas since. With the collapse of the Soviet system, which had "imprisoned" the bulk of the world's Turks outside Turkey itself, a whole new realm of possibility developed. Turkey's relationships with the five new Turkic nations of the Caucasus and Central Asia are still in the early stages. If you wondered why Turkey so strongly supported Azerbaijan in its war with Armenia, you might learn why here. A future author may write a more readable book and simultaneously, bring us up to date on Pan-Turkism in the new, post-Cold War world. Cooperation may have been the theme of the '90s, but as oil, politics, and ethno-nationalisms become more and more salient in the Middle East, Balkans, and Central Asia, Pan-Turkism will take its place as a topic of serious study for more than occasional specialists. The extent of connections over a wide swath of Asia is not commonly understood in Western countries. Perhaps a more readable book will be written in future.
It was with great delight that I read of Jacob Landau's book "Pan-Turkism: From Irredentism to Cooperation", and with anticipation that I ordered it. It seemed to promise a comprehensive look at a subject that had once, 35 years before, appealed to me as exotic, but in today's changed, post-Soviet world, become immediate and apropos. Having read it, a job that unfortunately took a great deal of forbearance, I must report a certain reluctance to recommend this volume to any but the most dedicated of readers. For them, no doubt Landau's work will be very satisfying, for it is exhaustive, excellently-organized, and impressive in its knowledge. For students of modern Turkey or indeed of Pan-Turkism, this book may be indispensable, but for a more general reader with a strong, but not professional, interest in Turkish history and contemporary Turkish politics, culture, and society, I fear that Landau's book will prove too dense, too loaded with detail, and too packed with footnotes to provide any satisfaction. It is no doubt the premier work on its subject. However, a more readable work on this fascinating and pertinent aspect of 19th, 20th, and (I suspect) 21st century history must be awaited. Pan-Turkism has gone through phases--from the Balkan-style irredentism of Pan-Turkist writers in the late Ottoman and early Republic period, to a latent stage between roughly 1923 and 1943, and then to a growing resurgence of the ideas since. With the collapse of the Soviet system, which had "imprisoned" the bulk of the world's Turks outside Turkey itself, a whole new realm of possibility developed. Turkey's relationships with the five new Turkic nations of the Caucasus and Central Asia are still in the early stages. If you wondered why Turkey so strongly supported Azerbaijan in its war with Armenia, you might learn why here. A future author may write a more readable book and simultaneously, bring us up to date on Pan-Turkism in the new, post-Cold War world. Cooperation may have been the theme of the '90s, but as oil, politics, and ethno-nationalisms become more and more salient in the Middle East, Balkans, and Central Asia, Pan-Turkism will take its place as a topic of serious study for more than occasional specialists. The extent of connections over a wide swath of Asia is not commonly understood in Western countries. Perhaps a more readable book will be written in future.
November 22, 2021
Proved to me that pan turkism is not about all nationalist or people who love their Turkish identity.
As I read it in Persian language; translator was eager to underestimate Turkic culture specifically Iranian Turks. Otherwise author made a great - magazine based- research about pan Turk parties during the time. However if you search about Turkish identity its not for you. Better find a wider range book to have a point of view of Turkish identity. Though pan turkism is softer than other pan groups such as pan Germanism or pan slavism. They have never insulted other races for the sake being prior than them. Of course they're radical.
Read it if you want to know what pan turkism is.
As I read it in Persian language; translator was eager to underestimate Turkic culture specifically Iranian Turks. Otherwise author made a great - magazine based- research about pan Turk parties during the time. However if you search about Turkish identity its not for you. Better find a wider range book to have a point of view of Turkish identity. Though pan turkism is softer than other pan groups such as pan Germanism or pan slavism. They have never insulted other races for the sake being prior than them. Of course they're radical.
Read it if you want to know what pan turkism is.
November 3, 2021
I am doing some research on Turkey and this book was very interesting in the strategic context of a Turkish peoples that span a large part of Central Asia and beyond. A lot of references and annotations that will provide me further reading.
August 7, 2021
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