{"product_id":"the-order-and-disorder-of-communication-pamphlets-and-polemics-in-the-seventeenth-century-ottoman-empire-hardback-9781503638952","title":"The Order and Disorder of Communication; Pamphlets and Polemics in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire (Hardback) 9781503638952","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Order and Disorder of Communication\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePamphlets and Polemics in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNir Shafir (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503638952\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages, 1 figure, 6 halftones, 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.683 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Rich in ideas and lucid in argument, Nir Shafir's book has manifold implications for understanding the early modern Muslim world. By comparing thousands of manuscripts from Southeast Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, Shafir shows how the Ottoman 'communication order' enabled polemics to spread polarization, misinformation, and, paradoxically, disorder among the reading public.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Nile Green, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Asia Found Herself: A Story of Intercultural Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e \"Nir Shafir presents a highly original, deeply researched explanation for the polemics, sometimes shading into violence, of the seventeenth century. Uncovering a world of cheap pamphlets and changing reading habits, he gives us not only a fresh take on the period, but opens up entirely new conversations in Ottoman history.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Molly Greene, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Edinburgh History of the Greeks, 1453 to 1768: The Ottoman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e \"Nir Shafir's debut... is an impressive showcase of this up-and-coming historian's research. By focusing on controversies regarding innovation in the Ottoman world – whether it be medicine, coffee, tobacco or prayer – as expressed through a flourishing pamphlet literature, Shafir has produced an excellent and vital cultural history. \"—Sanjay Subrahmanyam, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seventeenth-century Ottoman Empire was rife with polemical debate, around worshipping at saints' graves, medical procedures, smoking tobacco, and other everyday practices. Fueling these debates was a new form of writing—the pamphlet, a cheap, short, and mobile text that provided readers with simplified legal arguments. These pamphlets were more than simply a novel way to disseminate texts, they made a consequential shift in the way Ottoman subjects communicated. This book offers the first comprehensive look at a new communication order that flourished in seventeenth-century manuscript culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough the example of the pamphlet, Nir Shafir investigates the political and cultural institutions used to navigate, regulate, and encourage the circulation of information in a society in which all books were copied by hand. He sketches an ecology of books, examining how books were produced, the movement of texts regulated, education administered, reading conducted, and publics cultivated. Pamphlets invited both the well and poorly educated to participate in public debates, thus expanding the Ottoman body politic. They also spurred an epidemic of fake authors and popular forms of reading. Thus, pamphlets became both the forum and the fuel for the polarization of Ottoman society. Based on years of research in Islamic manuscript libraries worldwide, this book illuminates a vibrant and evolving premodern manuscript culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e  Note on Transliteration and Translation\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  Map\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Part I: Order\u003cbr\u003e  1. Production\u003cbr\u003e  2. Circulation\u003cbr\u003e  3. Education\u003cbr\u003e  4. Reading, Elite\u003cbr\u003e  Part II: Disorder\u003cbr\u003e  5. Polemics\u003cbr\u003e  6. Pamphlets\u003cbr\u003e  7. Polarization\u003cbr\u003e  8. Reading, Popular\u003cbr\u003e  9. Publics\u003cbr\u003e  10. Pamphleteer\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676610687256,"sku":"9781503638952","price":48.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-order-and-disorder-of-communication-pamphlets-and-polemics-in-the-seventeenth-century-ottoman-empire-hardback-9781503638952","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}