In the shadows of glories past : jihad for modern science in Muslim societies, 1850 to the Arab Spring /
The title of this volume implies two things: the greatness of the scientific tradition that Muslims had lost, and the power of the West, in whose threatening shadow reformers now labored to modernize in order to defend themselves against those very powers they were taking as models. Copernicus and D...
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| Main Author: |
Livingston, John W (John William), 1932-
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2018
London :
Routledge, Taylor Francis Group,
2018
London :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2018
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