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The Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West: With Special Reference to Scholasticism by George Makdisi (Hardcover, 1990)
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This is a survey of the historical development of two major intellectual movements. It shows that these movements, which have long been considered as of exclusively Western origin, in fact have their roots deep in Islamic soil. Professor Makdisi argues that scholasticism (the movement of the school guilds in the Middle Ages), and humanism (a movement from the Italian Renaissance) came to the Christian West around 1100 through Spain, via an influx of Arabic books from Classical Islam.
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This is a survey of the historical development of two major intellectual movements. It shows that these movements, which have long been considered as of exclusively Western origin, in fact have their roots deep in Islamic soil. Professor Makdisi argues that scholasticism (the movement of the school guilds in the Middle Ages), and humanism (a movement from the Italian Renaissance) came to the Christian West around 1100 through Spain, via an influx of Arabic books from Classical Islam.Product Identifiers
PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
ISBN-139780852246306
eBay Product ID (ePID)89895220
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameThe Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West: With Special Reference to Scholasticism
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Organisations
AuthorGeorge Makdisi
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight751 g
Item Width156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGeorge Makdisi
TopicAlternative Belief Systems, Islam, Christianity
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