Author : Daniel A. Stolz
Release : 2018-01-11
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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The Lighthouse and the Observatory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lighthouse and the Observatory write by Daniel A. Stolz. This book was released on 2018-01-11. The Lighthouse and the Observatory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.