The Rise of Early Modern Science
Islam, China and the West
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2003
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2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-82302-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-82302-9 (ISBN)
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This 2003 book 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. Huff explores the cultural contexts within which science was practised in Islam, China, and the West.
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.
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.
List of illustrations; New preface; Preface - 1993; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The comparative study of science; 2. Arabic science and the Islamic world; 3. Reason and rationality in Islam and the West; 4. The European legal revolution; 5. Madrasas, universities, and sciences; 6. Cultural climates and the ethos of science; 7. Science and civilization in China; 8. Science and social organization in China; 9. The rise of early modern science; Epilogue: educational reform and attitudes towards science since the eighteenth century; Selected bibliography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.8.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Maps; 7 Halftones, unspecified; 11 Line drawings, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 734 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-82302-1 / 0521823021 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-82302-9 / 9780521823029 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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