Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

The House of Sciences (eBook, PDF)

The First Modern University in the Muslim World

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Produktbeschreibung

Following a string of military defeats at the end of the eighteenth century, Ottoman leaders realized that their classical traditions and institutions could not compete with Russia and the European states' technological and economic superiority.One of a series of nineteenth-century reform initiatives was the creation of a European-style university called dar?lf?nun. From the Arabic words dar, meaning "house," and f?nun, meaning "sciences," the dar?lf?nun would incorporate the western sciences into deeply entrenched academic traditions and institutions in an effort to bridge the gap with Europe. The completely new institution, distinct from the existing pre-modern medreses, was modeled after the French educational system and created an infrastructure for national universities in Turkey and some of the Arab-speaking provinces. It also influenced the establishment of universities in Iran and Afghanistan. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu's study sheds new light on an important and pioneering experiment in East-West relations, tracking the multifaceted transformation at work in Istanbul during the transition from classical to modern modes of scientific education. Out of this intellectual ferment, a new Ottoman Turkish scientific language developed, the terminology of which served as a convenient vehicle for expressing and teaching modern science throughout the Empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190051563
• Artikelnr.: 56948373

Autorenporträt

Ekmeleddin Ýhsanoðlu is a Turkish scholar and diplomat. He was the founder and chair of the first Department of the History of Science in Turkey at the University of Istanbul and has taught at the universities of Ankara, Exeter, Istanbul, and Munich. He is the founder of IRCICA, Turkish Society for the History of Science (TBTK), and the president of IUHPS (2001-2005). He is the author, co-author and the editor of History of Ottoman State and Civilisation (2 volumes, in eight languages); History of Ottoman Scientific Literature (18 volumes, in Turkish); Science, Technology and Learning in the Ottoman Empire; Different Aspects of Islamic Culture (volume 5: Culture and Learning in Islam); and Ottoman Scientific Legacy (2 volumes, in Turkish) among others. 9

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Abbreviations
* Note on Transcriptions
* Acknowledgements
* Preface
* Introduction
* Part I: Genesis, Development, and Closure of the Darülfünun
* 1. New Pursuits in Education, Orientation to the Occident
* 2. The First Attempt: Enlightening the People
* 3. The Second Attempt: Darülfünun-I Osmani "Ottoman University"
* 4. The third Attempt: Darülfünun-I Sultani "Sultanic University"
* 5. The Successful Commencement 1900
* 6. The War Years: 1914-1918 and the German Influence
* 7. The Armistice Years and the Pre-Republican Period
* 8. Darülfünun after the Proclamation of the Republic
* 9. Ottoman Darülfünun's Downfall and the Birth of the Turkish
University
* Part II: Transforming of Ethos and Developing New Norms and
Institutions
* 1. From Traditional to Modern in Education
* 2. Legal Identity and Autonomy
* 3. Financing the Darülfünun
* 4. The Evolution of Modern Scholarly Literature and Terminology
* 5. The Birth and Evolution of the Concept and Tradition of Academic
Research
* Part III: The Legacy of Darülfünun
* 1. Spread of University Education in the Provinces
* 2. Impact of the Darülfünun Outside the Ottoman Realm
* Epilogue
* Appendix: Institutional Topography of the Darülfünun (1900-1933)
* Tables And Graphs
* Bibliography
* Index