The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West: Implications for Contemporary Trans-Cultural Relations - Couverture souple

Al-Rodhan, Nayef R.F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349352276 ISBN 13 : 9781349352272

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Synopsis

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 Reformation and the Renaissance.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

MOHAMMED ABATTOUY Senior Scholar at the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation, Manchester, UK and Head of the Philosophy Department, Mohammed Vth University, Rabat, Morocco SAMAR ATTAR Independent Scholar, who has taught English, Arabic and comparative literature in the USA, Canada, Algeria, Germany, Australia and Turkey. She has published extensively in both English and Arabic in the fields of literary criticism, philosophy, migration and gender studies FREDERIQUE GUERIN Research Fellow and Programme Coordinator of the Geopolitics of Globalisation and Transnational Security Programme, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland JACK GOODY Emeritus Professor in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge University, UK JOHN M. HOBSON Professor of Politics and International Relations at the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK MOHAMMED-MAHMOUD OULD MOHAMEDOU Visiting Professor in the International History and Politics and Development departments of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland LISA WATANABE Research Fellow of the Geopolitics of Globalisation and Transnational Security Programme, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349352276
• ISBN 13: 9781349352272
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 249
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