Science among the Ottomans : The Cultural Creation and Exchange of Knowledge.
Shefer-Mossensohn, Miri.
Science among the Ottomans : The Cultural Creation and Exchange of Knowledge. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (263 pages)
Intro -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: What Is the History of Science? -- The History of Science and Technology -- The History of Islamic Science and Technology -- The History of Ottoman Science and Technology History -- Toward a History of Ottoman Scientific Experiences -- On Inventiveness: An Ottoman Lesson -- 1. Framing "Knowledge" in the Ottoman Empire -- A Eurasian Matrix: The Multiple Cultural Sources of Knowledge in the Ottoman Empire -- The Ottoman Concept and Epistemology of Knowledge: The Term ʿilm -- Classification of Knowledge in Muslim Societies -- Amalgamation of Bodies of Knowledge in Muslim Societies -- Tensions due to Fusion of Bodies of Knowledge: The Dispute regarding the Status of Pre-Islamic Sciences -- Mediating Mechanisms of Reception -- 2. Where and How Does Learning Take Place? -- Pedagogy -- New Educational Institutions and a New Type of Education in the Long Nineteenth Century -- 3. The Transfer of Knowledge to, from, and within the Ottoman Empire -- Ottoman Literacy -- Translations and Translators among the Ottoman Elite -- Marginal Groups as Agents of Knowledge -- The Passage of Travelers and Knowledge to and from the Empire -- 4. State in Science: On Empire, Power, Infrastructures, and Finance -- The Patron and the Scholar: Intisap and Waqf/Vakıf -- Science and Technology and the Ottoman State Infrastructure -- Science, State, and the State above It: The (Semi)Colonial Connection -- Conclusion: Ottoman Science -- A Teacher and a Student: MurtaḌā al-Zabīdī and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jabartī as Ottoman Scientists -- Ottoman Patterns of Scientific Activity -- Ottoman Innovation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Science among the Ottomans".
9781477303603
Science--Turkey--History.
Technology--Turkey--History.
Science--Social aspects--Turkey--History.
Islam and science--Turkey--History.
Science and state--Turkey--History.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Electronic books.
Q127
509.56/0903
Science among the Ottomans : The Cultural Creation and Exchange of Knowledge. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (263 pages)
Intro -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: What Is the History of Science? -- The History of Science and Technology -- The History of Islamic Science and Technology -- The History of Ottoman Science and Technology History -- Toward a History of Ottoman Scientific Experiences -- On Inventiveness: An Ottoman Lesson -- 1. Framing "Knowledge" in the Ottoman Empire -- A Eurasian Matrix: The Multiple Cultural Sources of Knowledge in the Ottoman Empire -- The Ottoman Concept and Epistemology of Knowledge: The Term ʿilm -- Classification of Knowledge in Muslim Societies -- Amalgamation of Bodies of Knowledge in Muslim Societies -- Tensions due to Fusion of Bodies of Knowledge: The Dispute regarding the Status of Pre-Islamic Sciences -- Mediating Mechanisms of Reception -- 2. Where and How Does Learning Take Place? -- Pedagogy -- New Educational Institutions and a New Type of Education in the Long Nineteenth Century -- 3. The Transfer of Knowledge to, from, and within the Ottoman Empire -- Ottoman Literacy -- Translations and Translators among the Ottoman Elite -- Marginal Groups as Agents of Knowledge -- The Passage of Travelers and Knowledge to and from the Empire -- 4. State in Science: On Empire, Power, Infrastructures, and Finance -- The Patron and the Scholar: Intisap and Waqf/Vakıf -- Science and Technology and the Ottoman State Infrastructure -- Science, State, and the State above It: The (Semi)Colonial Connection -- Conclusion: Ottoman Science -- A Teacher and a Student: MurtaḌā al-Zabīdī and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jabartī as Ottoman Scientists -- Ottoman Patterns of Scientific Activity -- Ottoman Innovation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Science among the Ottomans".
9781477303603
Science--Turkey--History.
Technology--Turkey--History.
Science--Social aspects--Turkey--History.
Islam and science--Turkey--History.
Science and state--Turkey--History.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Electronic books.
Q127
509.56/0903