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Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

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Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

By: Avner Ben-Zaken

Avner Ben-Zaken reconsiders the fundamental question of how early modern scientific thought traveled between Western and Eastern cultures in the age of the so-called Scientific Revolution. Through five meticulously researched case studies—in which he explores how a single obscure object or text moved in the Eastern world—Ben-Zaken reveals the intricate ways that scientific knowledge moved across cultures. His diligent exploration traces the eastward flow of post-Copernican cosmologies and scientific discoveries, showing how these ideas were disseminated, modified, and applied to local cultures. Never before has a student of scientific traffic in the Mediterranean taken such pains to see precisely which instruments, books, and ideas first appeared where, in whose hands, by what means, and with what implications. In doing so, Ben-Zaken challenges accepted views of Western primacy in this fruitful exchange. He shows not only how Islamic cultures benefited from European scientific knowledge but also how Eastern understanding of classical Greek texts informed developments in the West. Ben-Zaken’s mastery of different cultures and languages uniquely positions him to tell this intriguing story. His findings reshape our understanding of scientific discourse in this critical period and contribute to the growing field of cross-cultural Christian-Muslim studies.

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0801899923

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Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān

A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism

By: Avner Ben-Zaken

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A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism

By: Avner Ben-Zaken

Commonly translated as "The Self-Taught Philosopher" or "The Improvement of Human Reason," Ibn-Tufayl's story Hayy Ibn-Yaqzān inspired debates about autodidacticism in a range of historical fields from classical Islamic philosophy through Renaissance humanism and the European Enlightenment. Avner Ben-Zaken's account of how the text traveled demonstrates the intricate ways in which autodidacticism was contested in and adapted to diverse cultural settings. In tracing the circulation of the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzān, Ben-Zaken highlights its key place in four far-removed historical moments. He explains how autodidacticism intertwined with struggles over mysticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, controversies about pedagogy in fourteenth-century Barcelona, quarrels concerning astrology in Renaissance Florence, and debates pertaining to experimentalism in seventeenth-century Oxford. In each site and period, Ben-Zaken recaptures the cultural context that stirred scholars to relate to ayy Ibn-Yaqān and demonstrates how the text moved among cultures, leaving in its wake translations, interpretations, and controversies as various as the societies themselves. Pleas for autodidacticism, Ben-Zaken shows, not only echoed within close philosophical discussions; they surfaced in struggles for control between individuals and establishments. Presented as self-contained histories, these four moments together form a historical collage of autodidacticism across cultures from the late Medieval era to early modern times. The first book-length intellectual history of autodidacticism, this novel, thought-provoking work will interest a wide range of historians, including scholars of the history of science, philosophy, literature, Europe, and the Middle East.

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0801899729

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Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

By: Avner Ben-Zaken

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Water Quality Impacts of the Energy-Water Nexus

By: Avner Vengosh,Erika Weinthal

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Water Quality Impacts of the Energy-Water Nexus

By: Avner Vengosh,Erika Weinthal

An exploration of the energy-water nexus and how fossil fuels energy production affects the quality and quantity of water resources.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107061636

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Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān

A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism

By: Avner Ben-Zaken

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A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism

By: Avner Ben-Zaken

The first book-length intellectual history of autodidacticism, this novel, thought-provoking work will interest a wide range of historians, including scholars of the history of science, philosophy, literature, Europe, and the Middle East.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

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0801897394

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Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān

Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān

Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

Water Quality Impacts of the Energy-Water Nexus

Water Quality Impacts of the Energy-Water Nexus

Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān

Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān

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