Science Between Europe And Asia
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Author |
: Feza Günergun |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 279 |
Release |
: 2010-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789048199686 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9048199689 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science between Europe and Asia by : Feza Günergun
This book explores the various historical and cultural aspects of scientific, medical and technical exchanges that occurred between central Europe and Asia. A number of papers investigate the printing, gunpowder, guncasting, shipbuilding, metallurgical and drilling technologies while others deal with mapping techniques, the adoption of written calculation and mechanical clocks as well as the use of medical techniques such as pulse taking and electrotherapy. While human mobility played a significant role in the exchange of knowledge, translating European books into local languages helped the introduction of new knowledge in mathematical, physical and natural sciences from central Europe to its periphery and to the Middle East and Asian cultures. The book argues that the process of transmission of knowledge whether theoretical or practical was not a simple and one-way process from the donor to the receiver as it is often admitted, but a multi-dimensional and complex cultural process of selection and transformation where ancient scientific and local traditions and elements. The book explores the issue from a different geopolitical perspective, namely not focusing on a singular recipient and several points of distribution, namely the metropolitan centres of science, medicine, and technology, but on regions that are both recipients and distributors and provides new perspectives based on newly investigated material for historical studies on the cross scientific exchanges between different parts of the world.
Author |
: A. Bala |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2012-07-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137031730 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137031735 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Asia, Europe, and the Emergence of Modern Science by : A. Bala
This volume brings together essays from leading thinkers to examine what role Asian traditions of knowledge played in the rise of modern science in Europe, the implications this has for the epistemology of science, and whether pre-modern Asian traditions can provide resources for advancing scientific knowledge in future.
Author |
: A. Bala |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2012-07-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137031730 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137031735 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Asia, Europe, and the Emergence of Modern Science by : A. Bala
This volume brings together essays from leading thinkers to examine what role Asian traditions of knowledge played in the rise of modern science in Europe, the implications this has for the epistemology of science, and whether pre-modern Asian traditions can provide resources for advancing scientific knowledge in future.
Author |
: Martin Bauer |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 614 |
Release |
: 2018-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351670715 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351670719 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cultural Authority of Science by : Martin Bauer
The cultural authority of science is the authority that is granted to science in any particular context. This authority is as much a matter of image and perceived legitimacy as of statutory guarantee. However, while authority can be charismatic, based on tradition or based on competence, we would assume that science aims to be an authority of competence. To what extent does science have the last word, or stand above opinion on public issues? This Indo-European led collaboration aims to map the cultural authority of science, and to construct a system of indicators to observe this ‘science culture’ based on artefacts (science news analysis) and espoused beliefs and evaluations (public attitude data). Indeed, through a series of studies the authors examine the cultural authority of science in light of the challenges posed by European, Asian, African and American developments and debates. In particular, two main ideas are examined: the ‘Lighthouse’ model, whereby science is shining into a stormy sea of ignorance and mistrust; and the ‘Bungee Jump’ model, which demonstrates how science occasionally experiences a rough ride against a backdrop of goodwill. Presenting expertise in discourse analysis, computer-assisted text analysis and largescale survey analysis, The Cultural Authority of Science will be of interest to a global audience concerned with the standing of science in society. In particular, it may appeal to scholars and students of fields such as sociology of science, science communication, science studies, scientometrics, innovation studies and social psychology.
Author |
: Prasannan Parthasarathi |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2011-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139498890 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139498894 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not by : Prasannan Parthasarathi
Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the advanced regions of Europe and Asia were more alike than different, both characterized by sophisticated and growing economies. Their subsequent divergence can be attributed to different competitive and ecological pressures that in turn produced varied state policies and economic outcomes. This account breaks with conventional views, which hold that divergence occurred because Europe possessed superior markets, rationality, science or institutions. It offers instead a groundbreaking rereading of global economic development that ranges from India, Japan and China to Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire and from the textile and coal industries to the roles of science, technology and the state.
Author |
: Alan Kam Leung Chan |
Publisher |
: World Scientific |
Total Pages |
: 609 |
Release |
: 2002-07-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789814488648 |
ISBN-13 |
: 981448864X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Historical Perspectives On East Asian Science, Technology And Medicine by : Alan Kam Leung Chan
Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine brings together over fifty papers by leading contemporary historians from more than a dozen nations. It is the third in a series of books growing out of the tri-annual International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia, the largest and most prestigious gathering of scholars in the field. The current volume broadens the field's traditional focus on China to include path-breaking work on Vietnam, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and even the transmission of Asian science and technology to Europe and the United States. Topics covered include: traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipino medicines; Chinese astronomy; Japanese earthquakes; science and technology policy; architecture; the digital revolution; and much else.
Author |
: Pietro Rossi |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages |
: 266 |
Release |
: 2015-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110420722 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110420724 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Boundaries of Europe by : Pietro Rossi
Europe’s boundaries have mainly been shaped by cultural, religious, and political conceptions rather than by geography. This volume of bilingual essays from renowned European scholars outlines the transformation of Europe’s boundaries from the fall of the ancient world to the age of decolonization, or the end of the explicit endeavor to “Europeanize” the world.From the decline of the Roman Empire to the polycentrism of today’s world, the essays span such aspects as the confrontation of Christian Europe with Islam and the changing role of the Mediterranean from “mare nostrum” to a frontier between nations. Scandinavia, eastern Europe and the Atlantic are also analyzed as boundaries in the context of exploration, migratory movements, cultural exchanges, and war. The Boundaries of Europe, edited by Pietro Rossi, is the first installment in the ALLEA book series Discourses on Intellectual Europe, which seeks to explore the question of an intrinsic or quintessential European identity in light of the rising skepticism towards Europe as an integrated cultural and intellectual region.
Author |
: Peter J. Katzenstein |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2015-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501700385 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501700383 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis A World of Regions by : Peter J. Katzenstein
Observing the dramatic shift in world politics since the end of the Cold War, Peter J. Katzenstein argues that regions have become critical to contemporary world politics. This view is in stark contrast to those who focus on the purportedly stubborn persistence of the nation-state or the inevitable march of globalization. In detailed studies of technology and foreign investment, domestic and international security, and cultural diplomacy and popular culture, Katzenstein examines the changing regional dynamics of Europe and Asia, which are linked to the United States through Germany and Japan. Regions, Katzenstein contends, are interacting closely with an American imperium that combines territorial and non-territorial powers. Katzenstein argues that globalization and internationalization create open or porous regions. Regions may provide solutions to the contradictions between states and markets, security and insecurity, nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Embedded in the American imperium, regions are now central to world politics.
Author |
: Srilata Ravi |
Publisher |
: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Total Pages |
: 331 |
Release |
: 2004-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789812302069 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9812302069 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia by : Srilata Ravi
The book presents a unique combination of the study of contemporary and historical practices between Asia and Europe and brings forth some of the latest thinking on the subject. Recent debates have centered primarily on contemporary aspects of the Europe-Asia partnership in terms of international relations and economic linkages. The present volume complements this political and economic interest in Europe-Asia relationship by focusing on the academic, social and cultural connections between the two regions. The contributions in this volume have a contemporary focus but contextualize the themes within a historical perspective. They deal with academic discourses on the region, on modernity and entrepreneurship; they discuss the long-term exchange of knowledge in specific scientific fields; and they focus on the cultural interconnections in the area of film, literature and migration. The originality of this book lies in its interdisciplinary approach to the question of Asia-Europe and in its emphasis on the multifaceted complexity of the relationship between these two regions. It brings together the diversity of local histories, ideas, and agencies in both Europe and Asia into a universal project of knowledge formation in order to reveal their contribution to the making of the world we are in.
Author |
: Donald F. Lach |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 666 |
Release |
: 2015-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226466972 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226466973 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III by : Donald F. Lach
This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in the New York Times Book Review, reveals the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. The authors examine the ways in which European encounters with Asia have altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance. In Volume III: A Century of Advance, the authors have researched seventeenth-century European writings on Asia in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples.