THE CALLIGRAPHER VS. THE MACHINE: TOWARDS DE-ORIENTALIZING THE LATE-ARRIVAL OF THE PRINTING PRESS TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD.
Much has been written on the issue of the late-arrival of the printing press to the Islamic World. A vast majority of these writings conclude that the major reasons for this late arrival were the ignorance of the Ottoman Turks to this kind of technological developments (the so-called "Eastern/Islami...
| Publicado en: | Journal of International Social Research / Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol. 10; no. 49; pp. 68 - 79 |
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