{"product_id":"science-among-the-ottomans-9781477312216","title":"Science among the Ottomans","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book on the topic in English in over sixty years, Science among the Ottomans contends that, contrary to the generally accepted belief that the Ottomans lost interest in science, science was a valued, dynamic, and sustaining force throughout the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Timely...Shefer-Mossensohn consistently avoids the emphasis on technical development that long characterized the literature on science in Islamic contexts, limiting its readership to specialists...\u003ci\u003eScience among the Ottomans\u003c\/i\u003e opens an important conversation.\" * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"By offering us a new synthesis that represents the current state of the field, Shefer-Mossensohn’s book addresses the perennial question of what happened to Islamic science and medicine after the Middle Ages. It offers a starting point for further discussions.\" * Early Science \u0026amp; Medicine *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eScience among the Ottomans\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable achievement…Shefer-Mossensohn has produced a landmark study with which many of us will train the next generation of historians of science.\" * Turkish Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on Transliteration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: What Is the History of Science? \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe History of Science and Technology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe History of Islamic Science and Technology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe History of Ottoman Science and Technology History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToward a History of Ottoman Scientific Experiences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Inventiveness: An Ottoman Lesson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Framing “Knowledge” in the Ottoman Empire \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Eurasian Matrix: The Multiple Cultural Sources of Knowledge in the Ottoman Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ottoman Concept and Epistemology of Knowledge: The Term cIlm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassification of Knowledge in Muslim Societies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmalgamation of Bodies of Knowledge in Muslim Societies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTensions due to Fusion of Bodies of Knowledge: The Dispute regarding the Status of Pre-Islamic Sciences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMediating Mechanisms of Reception\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Where and How Does Learning Take Place? \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePedagogy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Educational Institutions and a New Type of Education in the Long Nineteenth Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Transfer of Knowledge to, from, and within the Ottoman Empire \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOttoman Literacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslations and Translators among the Ottoman Elite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarginal Groups as Agents of Knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Passage of Travelers and Knowledge to and from the Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. State in Science: On Empire, Power, Infrastructures, and Finance \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Patron and the Scholar: Intisap and Waqf\/Vakıf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience and Technology and the Ottoman State Infrastructure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience, State, and the State above It: The (Semi)Colonial Connection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Ottoman Science \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Teacher and a Student: Murtaḍá al-Zabīdī and cAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jabartī as Ottoman Scientists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOttoman Patterns of Scientific Activity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOttoman Innovation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408948961623,"sku":"9781477312216","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477312216.jpg?v=1730504821","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/science-among-the-ottomans-9781477312216","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}