Success and Suppression: Arabic Sciences and Philosophy in the Renaissance

by Dag Nikolaus Hasse

The Renaissance marked a turning point in Europe's relationship to Arabic thought. On the one hand, Dag Nikolaus Hasse argues, it was the period in which important Arabic traditions reached the peak of their influence in Europe. On the other hand, it is the time when the West began to forget, and even actively suppress, its debt to Arabic culture. Success and Suppression traces the complex story of Arabic influence on Renaissance thought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674971582
• ISBN13: 9780674971585
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"