Medicine and Religion in the Life of an Ottoman Sheikh - Al-Damanhuris 'Clear Statement' on Anatomy

List of contents

Introduction Part I: The study of al-Damanhūrī’s life and career 1 Al-Damanhūrī: the life of a scholar 2 The Education of Ahmad al-Damanhūrī 3 Medicine and Religion in al-Damanhūrī’s Clear Statement; Postscript Al-Damanhūrī in Anticipation: Writing Postcolonially Part II: The Clear Statement—a translation; A note on translation; The Clear Statement—Translation

About the author

Ahmed Ragab is Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion, Affiliate Associate Professor at the Department of the History of Science, and Director of the Science, Religion and Culture program at Harvard University, USA. He is a physician, a historian of science and medicine, and a scholar of science and religion.

Summary

This book investigates the intersection of medical and religious knowledge in eighteenth-century Egypt. It takes as its focus a manuscript on anatomy by al-Damanhuri (d. 1778), entitled The Clear Statement on the Science of Anatomy.

Additional text

‘Medicine and Religion in the Life of an Ottoman Sheikh is a brilliant work. This book is a much-needed contribution to the history of medicine and intellectual life in the late Ottoman Empire. The translation is elegant and finely wrought and the accompanying chapters bring to life the intellectual milieu of Shaykh Ahmad al-Damanhuri, one of the most significant intellectuals of late Ottoman Egypt.’ – Jennifer L. Derr, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Product details

• Authors: Ahmed Ragab, Ahmed (Harvard Divinity School Ragab, Ragab Ahmed
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367731649
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73164-9
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, RELIGION / General, Ottoman Empire, Anatomy, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Islam / General, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, RELIGION / Islam / History, RELIGION / Religion & Science, History of Medicine, Religion and Politics, Religion & science, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799