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Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

    Dieser Autor bringt durch Forschung und Publikationen, die er initiiert hat, eine neue Perspektive in die Wissenschaftsgeschichte, insbesondere die osmanische Wissenschaftsgeschichte, ein. Seine Arbeit zeichnet sich durch eine tiefe Auseinandersetzung mit der Schnittstelle zwischen islamischer und westlicher Kultur aus. Indem er sich schon in jungen Jahren mit der osmanischen Kultur und Literatur beschäftigte, hat er eine einzigartige Sichtweise entwickelt. Sein literarischer Beitrag liegt in seinem originellen Forschungsansatz auf dem Gebiet der Wissenschaftsgeschichte.

    The Abbasid House of Wisdom
    Studies on Ottoman Science and Culture
    • 2022

      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’.

      The Abbasid House of Wisdom
    • 2020

      Studies on Ottoman Science and Culture brings together eleven articles by distinguished historian Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu.The book addresses multiple issues related to the histories of science and culture during the Ottoman era. Most of the articles contained in this volume were the first contributions to their respective topics, and they continue to provoke discussion and debate amongst academics to this day. The first volume of the author's collected papers that appeared in the Variorum Collected Studies (2004) dispelled the negative opinions towards Ottoman science asserted by scholars of the previous generation. In this new volume, the author continues to explore and develop the paradigm of scientific activities and cultural interactions both within and beyond the Ottoman Empire. One of the topics examined is the attitude of Islamic scholars towards revolutionary notions in Western science, including Copernican heliocentrism and Darwin's theory of evolution.This book will appeal to scholars and students of Ottoman history, as well as those interested in the history of science and cultural history. (CS1098).

      Studies on Ottoman Science and Culture