This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608 and then Galileo's discoveries, casts the European advancements in modern science, technology, and economic development into a global framework.
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Questo autore esplora l'intersezione tra storia, filosofia e sociologia della scienza. Il suo lavoro, ispirato da Max Weber, approfondisce studi dettagliati del mondo arabo e musulmano, nonché della Cina. Il suo approccio fonde l'analisi sociologica con la comprensione storica per svelare le complesse dinamiche del progresso scientifico e i suoi contesti culturali. Ciò offre una prospettiva unica sull'evoluzione del pensiero e della società.
This is a study of the long-standing question of why modern science arose only in the West and not in the civilizations of Islam or China, despite the fact that, by the Middle Ages, Islam and China were more scientifically advanced. To find an explanation the author examines the differences in religious, philosophical, and legal institutions of the three civilizations, focusing on the legal concept of 'corporation', which is unique to the West and gave rise to neutral space and free inquiry, concepts integral to modern science.
Max Weber and Islam is a major effort by Islamic-studies specialists to reexamine and appraise Max Weber's perspectives on Islam and its historical development