Renaissances: The One or the Many?

by Jack Goody

Book Overview

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 parallel renaissances that have taken place in other cultural areas, primarily Islam and China, and emphasises what Europe owed to non-European influences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521745160
• ISBN13: 9780521745161
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"