The retrieval in 1990 of what is probably the sole surviving copy of Uriel da Costa s book outlawed and burnt in 1624 is an almost miraculous boon for humanity. Da Costa s Exame supplemented by da Silva s Tratado merits a prominent place in the history of thought J... Lees meer.

In this volume a group of distinguished scholars reinterpret concepts and canons of Islamic thought in Arab Persian South Asian and Turkish traditions. They demonstrate that there is no unitary Islamic position on important issues of statecraft and governance. Th... Lees meer.

This volume consists of 25 papers delivered at an international Spinoza conference held at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in October 1994 on the impact of Spinoza on the European Republic of Letters around 1700. This volume consists of 21 papers delivered at an i... Lees meer.

By clothing the Word with her flesh the Virgin Mary made God visible thereby licensing image-making. These case studies demonstrate how representations of Mary defined her role in the salvation of humanity and shaped early modern Christian beliefs and practices. By... Lees meer.

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No Arab historical figure is more demonized than the Egyptian literati-turned-Islamist Sayyid Qutb. A poet and literary critic in his youth Qutb abandoned literature in the 1950s in favour of Islamism. This book offers a fresh perspective on Qutb s life that examines h... Lees meer.

An exploration of the physical physiognomic and psychological through the artistic production drawings prints paintings and sculpture of leading Early Modern Italian artists to reveal a penchant for humour and wit. Grotesque and Caricature. Leonardo to Bernini... Lees meer.

This volume brings into being the field of Byzantine intellectual history. Shifting focus from the cultural social and economic study of Byzantium to the life and evolution of ideas in their context it provides an authoritative history of intellectual endeavors from... Lees meer.

Examines the role of the cannibal in the arguments of philosophers from the classical period to modern disputes about such issues as vegetarianism and the right to private property. This book tells the story of the birth of modernity and of the philosophies of culture... Lees meer.

One of the most distinguished cultural and intellectual historians of our time Frank Turner taught a landmark Yale University lecture course on European intellectual history that drew scores of students over many years. His lectures lucid accessible beautifully writt... Lees meer.

ISBN Tragic Ambiguity. Type boekomslag. Hardcover Geschreven door. Th.C.W. Oudemans Andr Lardinois Uitgever. Brill... Lees meer.

A church history text that integrates the events and development of the church with the social economic and intellectual history of the world around it. Church History Volume One offers a unique contextual view of how the Christian church spread and grew from its... Lees meer.

There is no more contentious and perennial issue in the history of modern Western thought than the vexed relationship between the genesis of an idea and its claim to validity beyond it. Can ideas or values transcend their temporal origins and overcome the sin of their o... Lees meer.

The familiar story of Delta blues musician Robert Johnson who sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads in exchange for guitar virtuosity and the violent stereotypes evoked by legendary blues bad men like Stagger Lee undergird the persistent racial myt... Lees meer.

Church History Volume One offers a unique contextual view of how the Christian church spread and grew from its development in the days of Jesus to the years leading up to the Reformation. Looking closely at the integral link between the history of the world and that of... Lees meer.