Lost in the sacred: why the Muslim world stood still /
Dan Diner ; translated by Steven Rendall.
- English ed.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
- viii, 213 p. ; 25 cm.
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-209) and index.
Knowledge and Development: The State of the Arab World -- Geopolitics and Religious Zeal: Radicalization in the Muslim East -- Text and Speech: The Rejection of the Printing Press -- Rise and Decline: Ottoman Perplexities in the Early Modern Period -- Political Power and Economic Benefit: Muslim Social Environment in the Classical Age -- Historical Thought and Divine Law: Converting Sacred into Profane Time. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.