Renaissances : the one or the many?

One of the most distinguished social scientists in the world addresses one of the central historical questions of the past millennium: does the European Renaissance deserve its unique status at the very heart of our notions of modernity? Jack Goody scrutinises the European model in relation to paral...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Goody, Jack
Formatua: Ouvrage
Hizkuntza:Anglais
Argitaratua: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Gaiak:
Aurkibidea:
  • The idea of a renaissance
  • Montpellier and medicine in Europe
  • Religion and the secular
  • Rebirth in Islam (with S. Fennell)
  • Emancipation and efflorescence in Judaism
  • Cultural continuity in India (with S. Fennell)
  • Renaissance in China (with S. Fennell)
  • Were renascences only European?