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The Islamic Enlightenment
by Christopher de Bellaigue
Christopher de Bellaigue on the reforms that transformed Cairo, Istanbul and Tehran from 1798 onwards.
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About this book
The Islamic Enlightenment challenges the idea that the Muslim world never modernised. De Bellaigue tells the story of the reformers, scholars and rulers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Egypt, the Ottoman Empire and Iran.
It covers new schools, printing, science, constitutions and the debates between faith and reason that they provoked.
What's inside
- Reform in Cairo, Istanbul and Tehran
- Printing and education
- Science and medicine
- Constitutions and politics
- Faith and reason
Why we recommend it
Was the Muslim world really frozen in time? De Bellaigue shows otherwise, telling the dramatic story of the reformers, scholars and rulers of Cairo, Istanbul and Tehran who embraced printing, science and constitutions in the 1800s. A fascinating, myth-busting history for curious readers.
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