|
" Darülfünun, Ottoman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin M.
| Document Type
|
:
|
AL
|
| Language of Document
|
:
|
English
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
1061367
|
| Doc. NO
|
:
|
ALei1764
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin M.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Darülfünun, Ottoman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin M.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Leiden: Brill
|
| Title of Periodical
|
:
|
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
|
| Note
|
:
|
(1,037 words)
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
The Darülfünun (Dār al-Fünūn), today’s Istanbul University, was envisioned by Ottoman reformers as an institution of higher learning that would be distinct from medrese s ( madrasa s), which taught traditional sciences, ulum (ʿulūm) . They coined the name, which literally means “house of sciences,” to denote a modern university. The gap in technical knowledge between Western Europe and the Ottomans caused by the Industrial Revolution compelled them to create such an institution, within the framework of a public education policy inspired by the French enseignement public . The modernization of
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Islam.
|
| electronic file name
|
:
|
ALei1764.pdf
|
| |