Islamic Intellectual History in the Seventeenth Century: Scholarly Currents in the Ottoman Empire and the Maghreb – Khaled El-RouayhebIn this pioneering academic work, historian Khaled El-Rouayheb refutes the narrative of intellectual decline in the Islamic world during the Ottoman era. Focusing on the seventeenth century, the book reveals the existence of active scholarly and intellectual currents in the fields of logic, kalam, and philosophy in both the Ottoman Empire and the Maghreb. El-Rouayheb offers an important corrective reading that re-evaluates this period, highlighting the continuity of intellectual vitality in the Islamic world. It is a work that rewrites a significant part of the history of Islamic thought.