The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West [electronic resource] : Implications for Contemporary Trans-Cultural Relations /
Al-Rodhan, Nayef R.F.author.
Al-Rodhan, Nayef R. F.
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.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements                       ""; ""Contributors                   ""; ""1 Introduction: A Thousand Years of Amnesia                                                  ""; ""2 The Arabs and the Italian Renaissance                                              ""; ""3 Re-orienting the Reformation? Prolegomena to a History of the Reformationâ€?s Connection with the Islamic World                                                                                                                      ""
""4 The Possible Contribution of Islamic Legal Institutions to the Emergence of a Rule of Law and the Modern State in Europe                                                                                                                                 """"5 Islamic Commerce and Finance in the Rise of the West                                                             ""; ""6 Suppressed or Falsified History? The Untold Story of Arab-Islamic Rationalist Philosophy                                                                                                 ""
""7 A Forgotten Debt: Humanism and Education, from the Orient to the West                                                                              """"8 The Arabic-Latin Intercultural Transmission of Scientific Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe: Historical Context and Case Studies                                                                                                                                      ""; ""9 Way Forward: Implications for Contemporary Trans-cultural Relations                                                                            ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
International relations.
International organization.
Political sociology.
Political science.
Globalization.
International Relations.
International Organization.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Political Sociology.
Political Science.
Globalization.