透过夜色：18世纪伊斯坦布尔的夜生活、光明与权力

Abstract:This article analyzes different traditions of nocturnal conviviality in 18th-century Istanbul and demonstrates their importance on social，political，and cultural life. The main argument is that the palace used the night to demonstrate its power in spectacles of light and to cultivate personal relations among the elite，which was crucial for a patrimonial government based on face-to-face interaction. However，it was exactly the reliance on such interaction that marked the limits of the palace’s hold of the night. With the neighborhood gaze blinded by darkness，communal policing lost much of its effectiveness，leaving nocturnal social life largely concealed from the eyes of the authorities. Nighttime therefore offered opportunities for illicit modes of socialization and，at times，for subversive political action.

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