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1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Summary |
This book takes a fascinating look at the role of the Arab-Islamic world in the rise of the West. It examines the cultural transmission of ideas and institutions in a number of key areas, including science, philosophy, humanism, law, finance, commerce, as well as the Arab- Islamic world's overall impact on the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Enlightenment. Through this survey of cultural exchange and borrowing, the book challenges received Eurocentric narratives of the rise of the West. It also offers a timely and important discussion of the implications of this shared history for contemporary trans-cultural relations. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A Thousand Years of Amnesia -- The Arabs and the Italian Renaissance -- Re-orienting the Reformation? Prolegomena for a History of the Reformation's Connection with the Islamic World -- The Possible Contribution of Islamic Legal Institutions to the Emergence of a Rule of Law and the Modern State in Europe -- Islamic Commerce and Finance in the Rise of the West -- Suppressed or Falsified History? The Untold Story of Arab-Islamic Rationalist Philosophy -- A Forgotten Debt: Humanism and Education, from the Orient to the West -- The Arabic-Latin Intercultural Transmission of Scientific Knowledge in Pre-modern Europe: Historical Context and Case Studies -- The Way Forward: Implications for Contemporary Trans-cultural Relations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences.
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Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences. |
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Civilization, Western -- Arab influences.
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Civilization, Western -- Arab influences. |
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Intercultural communication -- Arab countries.
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Intercultural communication. |
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Arab countries. |
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Intercultural communication -- Western countries.
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Western countries. |
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Arab countries -- Relations -- Western countries.
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Western countries -- Relations -- Arab countries.
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History of ideas. |
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International relations. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization. |
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Relations. |
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Society. |
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International relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Al-Rodhan, Nayef R. F., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Role of the Arab-Islamic world in the rise of the West. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 9780230393202 (DLC) 2012533424 (OCoLC)793686922 |
| ISBN |
9780230393219 (electronic book) |
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0230393217 (electronic book) |
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1283737116 |
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9781283737111 |
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9780230393202 |
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0230393209 |
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9781349352272 |
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1349352276 |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9780230393219 |
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