The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture : An Arab-Western Dialogue.

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Publisher, Cambridge Scholars

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Towards a Really Rational World Culture SeriesPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781527515611

Subject(s):

Islamic civilization-Congresses

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World CultureDDC classification:

909.097671

LOC classification:

DS36.85 .C668 2018

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter One -- Part One - The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture in the Current Natural Sciences -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Part Two - The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture in the Social Sciences -- Chapter Six -- Part Three - The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture in the Fine Arts and the Literary Discourse -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve.

Summary: This book comprises a selection of papers delivered at a research meeting of the International Association of Intercultural Studies (IAIS) which took place on the premises of UNESCO in Paris in March, 2009. As suggested by its title, it addresses prejudices prevailing not only in Western societies, but also in marginalized ones, especially among their Western-oriented intelligentsia. It is often claimed that there exists no 'serious' contribution to world culture that is not based on the Western models that prevail worldwide, especially in the aftermath of globalization. This book challenges the projected image of a dominant West serving as a necessary and indispensable model for a dependent, receptive 'rest of the world.' It can be read as a necessary decolonization of today's human knowledge in all disciplines by taking as an example recent Arab contributions in various areas of human knowledge, from the natural sciences to the political economy, architecture and comparative literary discourse. Other marginalized socio-cultures worldwide, like those of India, Thailand, Persia, and Ireland, should follow suit in presenting an alternative to the extant globalization of Western norms, by offering a truly equal open exchange of human inventions on a world scale.

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This book comprises a selection of papers delivered at a research meeting of the International Association of Intercultural Studies (IAIS) which took place on the premises of UNESCO in Paris in March, 2009. As suggested by its title, it addresses prejudices prevailing not only in Western societies, but also in marginalized ones, especially among their Western-oriented intelligentsia. It is often claimed that there exists no 'serious' contribution to world culture that is not based on the Western models that prevail worldwide, especially in the aftermath of globalization. This book challenges the projected image of a dominant West serving as a necessary and indispensable model for a dependent, receptive 'rest of the world.' It can be read as a necessary decolonization of today's human knowledge in all disciplines by taking as an example recent Arab contributions in various areas of human knowledge, from the natural sciences to the political economy, architecture and comparative literary discourse. Other marginalized socio-cultures worldwide, like those of India, Thailand, Persia, and Ireland, should follow suit in presenting an alternative to the extant globalization of Western norms, by offering a truly equal open exchange of human inventions on a world scale.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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