Medieval Islamic World: An Intellectual History of Science and Politics
Author:   Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
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9781433151859


Pages:   284
Publication Date:   18 July 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Medieval Islamic World: An Intellectual History of Science and Politics surveys major scientific and philosophical discoveries in the medieval period within the broader Islamicate world, providing an alternative historical framework to that of the primarily Eurocentric history of science and philosophy of science and technology fields. Medieval Islamic World serves to address the history of rationalist inquiry within scholarly institutions in medieval Islamic societies, surveying developments in the fields of medicine and political theory, and the scientific disciplines of astronomy, chemistry, physics, and mechanics, as led by medieval Muslim scholarship.

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Author:   Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781433151859


ISBN 10:   1433151855
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   18 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments – Abstracts and Keywords – Introduction – Characteristics of the Islamic Civilization – Islamic Characteristics of Scientific Trends – Qurʾanic Experimental Method – The Elements of the Scientific Experimental Method in the Qurʾan – Human Reasoning (al-qiyās) – The Impact of Islamic Medicine on Modern Civilization and Islamic Scientific Heritage of Medicine and Pharmacy – The Impact of Islamic Political Theory on Modern Civilization – Classical Muslim Scholars’ Contribution to the Fields of Astronomy,Geography, Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering (ʿIlm al-Ḥiyal) – Glossary – About the Author – Index.

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Dr. Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul (Ph.D., McGill University) is Associate Professor at Khalifa University. Among his many published articles and books are Formation of Islamic Jurisprudence (2016), Islamic History and Law (2016), and International Treaties (Mu‘ahadat) in Islam (2008).

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