Book ID: CBB488645939

The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt (2018)

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Stolz, Daniel A. (Author)


Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2018
Language: English


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 330 pp.

An 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.

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Review Jennifer L. Derr (2020) Review of "The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt". American Historical Review (pp. 1117-1118). unapi

Review Adam Mestyan (2019) Review of "The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 633-634). unapi

Review Jörg Matthias Determann (2018) Review of "The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 375-377). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ben-Zaken, Avner
Brentjes, Sonja
Buchwald, Jed Z.
Combeau-Mari, Evelyne
Ducène, Jean-Charles
İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
Almagest
French Colonial History
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal of Islamic Studies
Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften
Publishers
Princeton University Press
University of Chicago
Princeton University
University of Virginia
Brepols Publishers
Brill
Concepts
Islam
Science and religion
Astronomy
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Astronomical observatories
Science and politics
People
al-Zigetvari Tezkireci, Ibrahim Efendi
Bessarion (Cardinal Bishop)
Champollion, Jean François
Duret, Noël
Ibn al-Qass
Ibn Khaldun
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
17th century
Medieval
Renaissance
Modern
Places
Ottoman Empire
Egypt
France
India
Iran
Tunisia
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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