Marinos Sariyannis

Gebundenes Buch

Ottomans and the Supernatural

Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

Beschreibung

A comprehensive exploration of Ottoman-era magic and occult sciences that employs a unique methodology involving close readings of a very wide range of textual sources.

Autor

Marinos Sariyannis is Research Director at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH in Rethymno, Greece. He has led research projects on the history of Ottoman political thought and on the Ottoman perceptions of the supernatural. He has published several books, articles and chapters on Ottoman social, cultural and intellectual history. His recent books include A History of Ottoman Political Thought Up to the Early Nineteenth Century (Leiden 2019), Perceptions ottomanes du surnaturel. Aspects de l'histoire intellectuelle d'une culture islamique à l'époque moderne (Paris 2019) and , The Horizons, Limits, and Taxonomies of Ottoman Knowledge (Berlin 2021).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198954774
• ISBN-10: 0198954778
• Artikelnr.: 74724778