Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan : a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism / Avner Ben-Zaken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Zaken, Avner, author.

Series:

Spangenburg, Ray, 1939- History of science.

History of science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185. Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān.

Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik.

Islamic philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book-length intellectual history of autodidacticism, this novel, thought-provoking work will interest a wide range of historians, including scholars of the history of science, philosophy, literature, Europe, and the Middle East.

Contents:

Introduction : the pursuit for the "natural-self"

Taming the mystic (Marrakesh, 1160s)

Climbing the ladder of philosophy (Barcelona, 1348)

Defying authority, defying predestination and conquering nature (Florence, 1493)

Employing the self and experimenting with nature (Oxford, 1671)

Conclusion : sampling the history of autodidacticism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-9972-9

OCLC:

941695983