The bright Dark Ages : : comparative and connective perspectives / / edited by Arun Bala and Prasenjit Duara.

• TeilnehmendeR: Balasubramaniam, Arun.; Duara, Prasenjit.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Knowledge Infrastructure and Knowledge Economy 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction 1 /; 1 The Descent of Theory /; 2 Philosophical Implications of Connective Histories of Science /; 3 Kuhn, Nisbett, Thought Experiments, and the Needham Question /; 4 Anthropocosmic Processes in the Anthropocene: Revisiting Quantum Mechanics vs. Chinese Cosmology Comparison /; 5 Ibn al-Haytham and the Experimental Method /; 6 Averroes and the Development of a Late Medieval Mechanical Philosophy /; 7 Barbarous Algebra, Inferred Axioms: Indic Rhythms and Echoes in the Rise of Western Exact Science /; 8 The Transfer of Geographic Knowledge of Afro-Eurasia in the “Bright” Middle Ages: Cases of Late Medieval European Maps of the World /; 9 Jamu: The Indigenous Medical Arts of the Indonesian Archipelago /; 10 From Zero to Infinity: The Indian Legacy of the Bright Dark Ages /; 11 The Needham Question and Southeast Asia: Comparative and Connective Perspectives /; 12 Rethinking the Needham Question: Why Should Islamic Civilization Give Rise to the Scientific Revolution? /; 13 The Greatest Mistake: Teleology, Anthropomorphism, and the Rise of Science /; 14 Rescuing Science from Civilisation: On Joseph Needham’s “Asiatic Mode of (Knowledge) Production” /; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004264191
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Arun Bala and Prasenjit Duara.

The European 'dark ages' in the millennium 500 to 1500 CE was a bright age of scientific achievements in China, India and the Middle East. The contributors to this volume address the implications of this seminal era of Asian science for comparative and connective science studies. Although such studies have generally adopted a binary perspective focusing on one or another of the Asian (Chinese, Indian, Islamic) civilizations, this study brings them together into a single volume within a wider Eurasian perspective. Moreover, by drawing together historical, philosophical, and sociological dimensions into one volume it promotes a richer understanding of how Eurasian connections and comparisons in the millennium preceding the modern era can illuminate the birth and growth of modern science. Contributors are Arun Bala, Andrew Brennan, James Robert Brown, George Gheverghese Joseph, Henrik Lagerlund, Norva Y.S. Lo, Roddam Narasimha, Hyunhee Park, Franklin Thomas Perkins, Hans Pols, Kapil Raj, Sundar Sarukkai, Mohd. Hazim Shah, Geir Sigurðsson and Cecilia Wee.