9780521498333 - The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China, and the West von Huff, Toby E. (8 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. New York, 1995; glossy illustrated paper covers; mild edge and corner wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; heavy interior underlining and notations; 409 pages.

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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Pbk, xiv, 409 p. : ill ; 23 cm. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition. Contents : Partial contents 1. The comparative study of science. The modernity of science. Science as a civilizational institution. Elements of the sociological perspective. The role of the scientist. The ethos of science. Paradigms and scientific communities. Comparative civilizational sociology of science: Joseph Needham. Benjamin Nelson: universalization and wider spheres of discourse. Conclusion: the issues at hand -- 2. Arabic science and the Islamic world. The problem of Arabic science. The achievements of Arabic astronomy. Role-sets, institutions, and science. Social roles and cultural elites. Institutions of higher learning and research. Institution building and the marginality problem -- 3. Reason and rationality in Islam and the West. The Islamic legal background. Reason, man, and nature in Europe. Reason and conscience -- 4. The European legal revolution. The development of modern Western law. The papal revolution. The breakthrough in inherited logics. Corporations and jurisdiction. Revolution and the parting of the ways. 5. Colleges, universities, and sciences. Madrasas: Islamic colleges. Universities and the west. Islamic protoscientific institutions. Western universities and the place of science. Medicine and the universities: the quest for universalistic norms -- 6. Cultural climates and the ethos of science. The arresting of Arabic science. Internal factors. External factors: cultural and institutional impediments -- 7. Science and civilization in China. The problem of Chinese science. China and the comparative context. The emergence of imperial China. Chinese law. Education and the examination system. Reprise -- 8. Science and social organization in China. Some problems of written Chinese. Chinese modes of thought. Institutional impediments and patterns of opportunity -- 9. The rise of early modern science. The Copernican revolution. The institutionalization problem. Science, learning, and the medieval revolution. The revolution in authority and astronomy -- Epilogue: science and civilizations East and West. [Medieval - Science Arab countries History - Science Islamic countries History - Science China History. Science Europe History] h1969 / m15313.

Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xiv, 409pp. Illustrations, figures. Near fine. A tight, near pristine first edition. Uncommon in this superlative condition.