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Success and Suppression: Arabic Sciences and Philosophy in the Renaissance
Dag Nikolaus Hasse
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Hardback. Dag Nikolaus Hasse shows how ideological and scientific motives led to the decline of Arabic traditions in European culture. The Renaissance was a turning point: on the one hand, Arabic scientific traditions reached their peak of influence in Europe; on the other, during this period the West began to forget, or suppress, its debt to Arabic culture. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 640 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 289 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1090.
The Renaissance marked a turning point in Europe's relationship to Arabic thought. On the one hand, Dag Nikolaus Hasse argues, it was the period in which important Arabic traditions reached the peak of their influence in Europe. On the other hand, it is the time when the West began to forget, and even actively suppress, its debt to Arabic culture. Success and Suppression traces the complex story of Arabic influence on Renaissance thought. It is often assumed that the Renaissance had little interest in Arabic sciences and philosophy, because humanist polemics from the period attacked Arabic learning ... Read more
The Renaissance marked a turning point in Europe's relationship to Arabic thought. On the one hand, Dag Nikolaus Hasse argues, it was the period in which important Arabic traditions reached the peak of their influence in Europe. On the other hand, it is the time when the West began to forget, and even actively suppress, its debt to Arabic culture. Success and Suppression traces the complex story of Arabic influence on Renaissance thought. It is often assumed that the Renaissance had little interest in Arabic sciences and philosophy, because humanist polemics from the period attacked Arabic learning ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
Condition
New
Weight
1090g
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674971585
SKU
V9780674971585
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About Dag Nikolaus Hasse
Dag Nikolaus Hasse is Professor of the History of Philosophy at the University of Wurzburg.
Reviews for Success and Suppression: Arabic Sciences and Philosophy in the Renaissance
A must-read for people working on the histories of philosophy, medicine, or science in Renaissance Italy. In this important book, Hasse challenges a reigning paradigm in Renaissance studies, documenting the continuing centrality of the Arabic tradition in Italy and the complex interactions of humanism and Arabism in scientific and philosophical teaching and debates.
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