The Heavens and the Earth is a valuable and magisterial analysis of the images of the world and humanity produced by the Graeco-Roman, the ancient Chinese, and the medieval Islamic civilisations, to each of which is devoted one of the three parts of the volume. As the author himself claims, this is the outcome of studies ‘spanning a period of over twenty years’ (p. xi), andwhich can be framed as falling within the field of the ‘historical sociology of global society’ and combining, as they do, the study of global society with the historical depth of the longue durée.
The Heavens and the Earth: Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese, and Mediaeval Islamic Images of the World
Verderame, D
2023-01-01
Abstract
The Heavens and the Earth is a valuable and magisterial analysis of the images of the world and humanity produced by the Graeco-Roman, the ancient Chinese, and the medieval Islamic civilisations, to each of which is devoted one of the three parts of the volume. As the author himself claims, this is the outcome of studies ‘spanning a period of over twenty years’ (p. xi), andwhich can be framed as falling within the field of the ‘historical sociology of global society’ and combining, as they do, the study of global society with the historical depth of the longue durée.File in questo prodotto:
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