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020 _a9781108164672 (ebook)
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100 1 _aStolz, Daniel A.,
_d1985-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Lighthouse and the observatory :
_bIslam, science, and empire in late Ottoman Egypt /
_cDaniel A. Stolz, Northwestern University.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 316 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aScience in history
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).
520 _aAn observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy, imperial bureaucrats, traditionally educated Muslim scholars, and reformist Islamic publications, such as The Lighthouse, are linked to examine the making of knowledge, the performance of piety, and the operation of political power through scientific practice. Contrary to ideas of Islamic scientific decline, Muslim scholars in the nineteenth century used a dynamic tradition of knowledge to measure time, compute calendars, and predict planetary positions. The rise of a'new astronomy' is revealed to owe much to projects of political and religious reform: from the strengthening of the multiple empires that exercised power over the Nile Valley; to the'modernization' of Islamic centers of learning; to the dream of a global Islamic community that would rely on scientific institutions to coordinate the timing of major religious duties.
650 0 _aAstronomy, Egyptian.
650 0 _aAstronomy
_zEgypt
_xHistory.
650 0 _aScience and state
_zEgypt.
650 0 _aIslam and science
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107196339
830 0 _aScience in history.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164672
907 _a.b16834793
_b2021-06-25
_c2020-09-28
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