Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition by Ahmed El Shamsy [Historical Non-Fiction]

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📖 BOOK SPECIFICATIONS:

• Author: Ahmed El Shamsy

• Format: Paperback (PB)

• Language: English

• ISBN-13: 9780691241913

• Publisher: Princeton University Press (US Edition)

• Approx. Dimensions: 14.0 cm x 21.6 cm x 1.8 cm

📝 SYNOPSIS:

A critically acclaimed, groundbreaking intellectual study that uncovers the fascinating, hidden history of how the Islamic literary heritage was saved from obscurity. In Rediscovering the Islamic Classics, celebrated historian Ahmed El Shamsy delivers an essential, rigorous investigation into the dramatic transformation of Middle Eastern print culture during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

For centuries, the definitive masterpieces of Islamic law, philosophy, history, and theology existed solely as fragile, scattered manuscripts, tucked away in neglected archives and private collections. El Shamsy meticulously charts the monumental socio-political shift that occurred when a small, dedicated group of editors, printers, and intellectuals in Cairo and beyond weaponized the printing press. They hunted down these lost texts, edited them under strict academic standards, and mass-produced them—fundamentally reshaping modern Muslim identity and the global understanding of Islamic civilization.

Far from a dry academic chronicle, this Princeton University Press masterwork explores the systemic ideological wars, institutional changes, and technological revolutions that birthed the modern Middle Eastern media landscape. An indispensable deep-dive for non-fiction bibliophiles, history buffs, and anyone tracking the intellectual roots of modern Islamic thought and print culture.

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