The role of the Arab-Islamic world in the rise ofthe West: implications for contemporary trans-cultural relations

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. Through this survey of cultural exchange and borrowing, the book challenges received Euro-centric narratives of the rise ofthe West. It also offers a timely and important discussion of the implications of this shared history for contemporary trans-cultural relations. INDICE: 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 orFalsified 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: Historial Context and Case Studies.The Way Forward: Implications for Contemporary Trans-cultural Relations.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-39320-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 14/09/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido