书籍 Paper Before Print的封面

Paper Before Print

Jonathan M. Bloom

出版时间

2001-11-01

ISBN

9780300089554

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

Like the printing press, typewriter, and computer, paper has been a crucial agent for the dissemination of information. This engaging book presents an important new chapter in paper's history: how its use in Islamic lands during the Middle Ages influenced almost every aspect of medieval life. Focusing on the spread of paper from the early eighth century, when Muslims in West As...

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作为在结尾提出了那个经典的问题,”为什么伊斯兰世界/中东很晚才接受印刷术?”,他给出的答案也是西方历史教科书式的答案 -- 因为technicalism使欧洲人对效率、人的自身价值和新式的知识都有更高的接受度。虽然各个领域的历史学家已经反驳了此类关于现代性的叙事,但总让人觉得不过是旧酒装新瓶。我们为何不换个角度提问,在接受印刷术之前,中东/伊斯兰社会的手稿文化是如何促进社会各层的交流的?手稿文化又是以如何多样的形式存在的?