TY  - BOOK
AU  - Diner,Dan
TI  - Lost in the sacred: why the Muslim world stood still
SN  - 9780691129112 (hardcover : alk. paper)
U1  - 909.0967 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - Civilization
KW  - History
N1  - Translated from the German; Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-209) and index; 1; Knowledge and Development: The State of the Arab World --; 2; Geopolitics and Religious Zeal: Radicalization in the Muslim East --; 3; Text and Speech: The Rejection of the Printing Press --; 4; Rise and Decline: Ottoman Perplexities in the Early Modern Period --; 5; Political Power and Economic Benefit: Muslim Social Environment in the Classical Age --; 6; Historical Thought and Divine Law: Converting Sacred into Profane Time
ER  -