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The Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West: With Special Reference to Scholasticism
The Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West With Special Reference to Scholasticism
Author: George Makdisi
This is a survey of the historical development of two major intellectual movements. It shows that these movements, which have long been considered as of exclusively Western origin, in fact have their roots deep in Islamic soil. Professor Makdisi argues that scholasticism (the movement of the school guilds in the Middle Ages), and humanism (a mov...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780852246306
ISBN-10: 0852246307
Pages: 431
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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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