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Huff, Toby

 
9780521529945: The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China and the West
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521529948 ISBN 13 : 9780521529945
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This 2003 study examines the long-standing question of why modern science arose only in the West and not in the civilizations of Islam and China, despite the fact that medieval Islam and China were more scientifically advanced. To explain this outcome, Tony E. Huff explores the cultural - religious, legal, philosophical, and institutional - contexts within which science was practised in Islam, China, and the West. He finds in the history of law and the European cultural revolution of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries major clues as to why the ethos of science arose in the West, permitting the breakthrough to modern science that did not occur elsewhere. This line of inquiry leads to novel ideas about the centrality of the legal concept of corporation, which is unique to the West and gave rise to the concepts of neutral space and free inquiry.

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Revue de presse

'Huff cogently substantiates how the underlying cultural values of a society and civilization assist or check scientific inquiry, and thus discloses modern science as an intercivilizational phenomenon.' Choice

'... Huff provides a thorough, coherent hypothesis and thus helps sharpen the debates on the rise of modern science.' MESA Bulletin

'... Huff's comparison of Catholic Europe, Islamic Asia, and Confucian China in terms of natural philosophy and educational institutions is timely and rewarding ...'. Benjamin Elman, American Journal of Sociology

'... Huff's excellent book is a comparative study of the development of these exclusive commitments within the thoughts, institutions, and beliefs about the nature of existence and of man in the West, and of the contrasting consequences of the different commitments and beliefs of Islam and China. His scope is impressive.' A. C. Crombie, Journal of Asian Studies

'... provides a definitive, albeit implicit, commentary on the thesis much beloved by some theologians that the Christian doctrine of creation was responsible for the rise of modern science...casts light on the general theme of the origins of modernity ... of sustained interest and full of copious reference to primary and secondary literature ...' Religious Studies

'... essential reading ...'. Scientific and Medical Network Review

Présentation de l'éditeur

This 2003 study examines the long-standing question of why modern science arose only in the West and not in the civilizations of Islam and China, despite the fact that medieval Islam and China were more scientifically advanced. To explain this outcome, Tony E. Huff explores the cultural - religious, legal, philosophical, and institutional - contexts within which science was practised in Islam, China, and the West. He finds in the history of law and the European cultural revolution of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries major clues as to why the ethos of science arose in the West, permitting the breakthrough to modern science that did not occur elsewhere. This line of inquiry leads to novel ideas about the centrality of the legal concept of corporation, which is unique to the West and gave rise to the concepts of neutral space and free inquiry.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521529948
ISBN 13 
9780521529945
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
448
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9780521823029: The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China and the West

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ISBN 10 :  0521823021 ISBN 13 :  9780521823029
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003
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