Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

The Abbasid House of Wisdom (eBook, ePUB)

Between Myth and Reality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the library of the Abbasid caliphs, known as 'The House of Wisdom' ('Bayt al-Hikma'), exploring how this important institution has been misconceived by scholars'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000736281
• Artikelnr.: 64436420

Autorenporträt

Ekmeleddin ¿hsanölu is a Turkish scholar and diplomat and a pioneer of studies of Ottoman Science and the history of institutions of learning. He was the founder and chair of the first Department of the History of Science in Turkey at the University of Istanbul, the IRCICA, the Turkish Society for the History of Science, and president of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science from 2001 to 2005. He is editor and co-author of many volumes, including 18 volumes of History of Ottoman Science Literature, laureate of Alexandre Koyré Medal.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Baghdad and the Rise of Interest in Foreign Sciences 2. Creating A Myth
3. Dissecting the Myth 4. What to Call a Library in Arabic? 5. What was the
Abbasid Caliph's Library Called? 6. Was the House of Science an Arena for
Debates? 7. What was the Reality? 8. What Happened to the House of Wisdom?
9. The Impact 10. Concluding Remarks