Book ID: CBB733744238

Renaissance Averroism and Its Aftermath: Arabic Philosophy in Early Modern Europe (2013)

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Akasoy, Anna (Editor)
Giglioni, Guido (Editor)


Springer


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 405
Language: English

While the transmission of Greek philosophy and science via the Muslim world to western Europe in the Middle Ages has been closely scrutinized, the fate of the Arabic philosophical and scientific legacy in later centuries has received less attention, a fault this volume aims to correct. The authors in this collection discuss in particular the radical ideas associated with Averroism that are attributed to the Aristotle commentator Ibn Rushd (1126-1198) and challenge key doctrines of the Abrahamic religions. This volume examines what happened to Averroes's philosophy during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Did early modern thinkers really no longer pay any attention to the Commentator? Were there undercurrents of Averroism after the sixteenth century? How did Western authors in this period contextualise Averroes and Arabic philosophy within their own cultural heritage? How different was the Averroes they created as a philosopher in a European tradition from Ibn Rushd, the theologian, jurist and philosopher of the Islamic tradition?--

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Authors & Contributors
Halper, Yehuda
Cordonier, Valérie
Fidora, Alexander
Chabás, José
Smith, C. U. M.
McVaugh, Michael Rogers
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Philosophy
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Transmission of ideas
Aristotelianism
Astronomy
Time Periods
Medieval
Early modern
Ancient
Renaissance
12th century
Modern
Places
Europe
Mediterranean region
North Africa
Greece
China
Paris (France)
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