Rethinking the Needham Question
Produktnummer:
1866833dec0aae49fe82160ac8df42c282
| Autor: | Lau, Raymond W. K. |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Eurocentrism Needham Question circulation of knowledge cultural essentialism essentialism historical sociology knowledge exchanges neo-Eurocentrism science history social essentialism |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 25.12.2024 |
| EAN: | 9789819794713 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 358 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer Singapore |
| Untertitel: | A Non-Eurocentric Framework Transcending Dialogism |
Produktinformationen "Rethinking the Needham Question"
This book offers a new investigation of the Needham Question. Why did modern science emerge in Europe, but not in any of the advanced non-European civilizations? Eurocentric accounts attribute it to certain ‘qualities’ said to be ‘unique’ to Europe. Opposed to the Eurocentric view is a position known as the ‘dialogical perspective’. Dialogism argues that Europe borrowed heavily from non-European scientific knowledges, and that scientific exchanges were key to the development of modern science. Neo-Eurocentric arguments have emerged in response to the challenge of dialogism, and the debate between Eurocentrism/neo-Eurocentrism and dialogism currently stands at a stalemate.In this book, Raymond Lau brings a new theoretical-methodological framework to finally settle this debate. The historical analysis developed here shows that to secure the non-Eurocentric case, and decisively rebut Eurocentrism and neo-Eurocentrism, it is necessary to go beyond dialogism both theoretically and methodologically.
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