| The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment: Ibn Tufayl's Influence on Modern Western Thought Contributor(s): Attar, Samar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739119893 ISBN-13: 9780739119891 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment is a collection of essays which deal with the influence of Ibn Tufayl, a 12th century Arab philosopher from Spain, on major European thinkers. Had Edward Said known about the impact of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan on Europe throughout the 17th and 18th centuries he might have reached different conclusions in his book Orientalism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Eastern - History | Europe - General - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval |
| Dewey: 181.9 |
| LCCN: 2007023013 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.53" W x 9.25" (1.06 lbs) 194 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment is a collection of essays which deal with the influence of Ibn Tufayl, a 12th-century Arab philosopher from Spain, on major European thinkers. His philosophical novel, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, could be considered one of the most important books that heralded the Scientific Revolution. Its thoughts are found in different variations and to different degrees in the books of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Isaac Newton, and Kant. But if Ibn Tufayl's fundamental values, such as equality, freedom and toleration, which the thinkers of the European Enlightenment had adopted as theirs, paved the way to the French Revolution, they certainly marked the end of the age of reason in southern Spain and the rest of the Islamic world. Ibn Tufayl's philosophy was appropriated, subverted, or reinvented for many centuries. But the memory of the man who wrote such an influential book was buried in the dust of history. The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment reexamines Ibn Tufayl's momentous book and its continued influence over contemporary philosophy. This intriguing book will appeal to those interested in comparative literature and religion. |
