Author:
Shefer-Mossensohn, Miri, 1971- author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintAustin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
Descriptiona xiv, 246 pages ; 24 cm
Note: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 -- I. 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 "Ilm" -- 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/Vakif -- 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: Murtada al-Zabidi and 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti as Ottoman scientists -- Ottoman patterns of scientific activity -- Ottoman innovation.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
