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Waiting for Muteferrika
Glimpses on Ottoman Print Culture. Ottoman and Turkish Studies
By (author)
Orlin Sabev
Genres:
Middle Eastern history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, Printing, packaging & reprographic industry
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Synopsis
This book is a study of the first Ottoman/Muslim printer Ibrahim Muteferrika and his printing activity in the first half of the eighteenth century. By reviewing the existing views in narratives dating from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century and modern scholarly works, most of them quite critically discussing the relatively late introduction of Ottoman Turkish/Muslim printing, the book argues that the delay was mainly due to the lack of an appropriate printer who would be capable and eager enough to set a printing house and whom the Ottoman authority could trust. By focusing on Muteferrika's western-formed mindset the book detects the influence of his printing enterprise upon the transition from scribal tradition to print culture. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
"The book sheds light
on different aspects of the emergence of the first Ottoman printing press. It
also opens multiple questions related to both the historical event of
Muteferrika's endeavour, and to modern historiographical attitude not only towards
printing in the context of the Ottoman Empire, but also to questions of decline
and comparison to developments in European public sphere. In that context, one
further question can be posed: while comparisons with late medieval/early
modern European experience with print is valid, is it possible to extend them
to other non-European societies, such as the premodern China or India? What
would be the meaning of the Ottoman 'experiment' with print then? This book
is recommended for scholars and students wishing to know more about the 18th
century material and technological developments and the effect that Muteferrika's
printing project had on the centuries to come." -Dzenita Karic, darulfunun ilahiyat Vol. 30, No. 1 -- Dzenita Karic * darulfunun ilahiyat * "Even if there is no good answer for 'why' printing was such
a late innovation in the Ottoman realm, we do not lack information about
'early' printing in Arabic script in Turkey. In this regard, we owe much,
especially in the past two decades, to Sabev, who records an impressive list of
his own publications on the subject (21 titles) in his bibliography. In fact,
the present book is a synthesis of earlier studies on Ottoman printing, both by
Sabev and others. ... Sabev's work is a welcome contribution to the complex
subject of Ottoman printing. ... Waiting for Muteferrika is a well-written
synthesis about one instance when printing became a genuine agent of change." -Jan
Just Witkam, Leiden University, Quaerendo Vol. 49 * Quaerendo * "As the first English language monograph dedicated to early
Ottoman printing, Orlin Sabev's Waiting for Muteferrika: Glimpses of
Ottoman Print Culture offers an informative and thoroughly researched
assessment of how print technology and culture permeated the Ottoman book
market and society in the eighteenth century. ... One of the book's great
strengths is the broad and creative expanse of these sources, which present an
assortment of insights into Ottoman attitudes toward printing and printed
books. ... Waiting for Muteferrika: Glimpses of Ottoman Print Culture
stands tall as the first English language scholarly work devoted solely to the
Muteferrika press. It is a book that Ottoman historians and Turkologists alike
have been waiting for, and it will also prove valuable for scholars of early
print, incunabula, modernization, Islamic studies, and Middle East studies."
-Yasemin Gencer, Indiana University, Journal of Near
Eastern Studies
on different aspects of the emergence of the first Ottoman printing press. It
also opens multiple questions related to both the historical event of
Muteferrika's endeavour, and to modern historiograp
printing in the context of the Ottoman Empire, but also to questions of decline
and comparison to developments
further question can be posed: while comparisons with late medieval/ear
modern European experience with print is valid, is it possible to extend them
to other non-European
would be the meaning of the Ottoman 'experiment' with print then? This book
is recommended for scholars and students wishing to know more about the 18th
century material and technologica
printing project had on the centuries to come." -Dzenita Karic, darulfunun ilahiyat Vol. 30, No. 1 -- Dzenita Karic * darulfunun ilahiyat * "Even if there is no good answer for 'why' printing was such
a late innovation in the Ottoman realm, we do not lack information about
'early' printing in Arabic script in Turkey. In this regard, we owe much,
especially in the past two decades, to Sabev, who records an impressive list of
his own publications
the present book is a synthesis of earlier studies on Ottoman printing, both by
Sabev and others. ... Sabev's work is a welcome contribution
subject of Ottoman printing. ... Waiting for Muteferrika is a well-written
synthesis about one instance when printing became a genuine agent of change." -Jan
Just Witkam, Leiden University, Quaerendo Vol. 49 * Quaerendo * "As the first English language monograph dedicated to early
Ottoman printing, Orlin Sabev's Waiting for Muteferrika:
Ottoman Print Culture offers an informative and thoroughly researched
assessment of how print technology and culture permeated the Ottoman book
market and society in the eighteenth century. ... One of the book's great
strengths is the broad and creative expanse of these sources, which present an
assortment of insights into Ottoman attitudes toward printing and printed
books. ... Waiting for Muteferrika:
stands tall as the first English language scholarly work devoted solely to the
Muteferrika press. It is a book that Ottoman historians and Turkologists
have been waiting for, and it will also prove valuable for scholars of early
print, incunabula, modernizatio
-Yasemin Gencer, Indiana University, Journal of Near
Eastern Studies