The first in-depth study of the collaborative intellectual exchange between the European and the Arabic Republics of Letters. Beyond Orientalism reformulates our understanding of the early modern Mediterranean through the remarkable life and career of Moroccan polymath Ahmad Ibn Qâsim al-Hajarî (ca. 1570-1641). By showing Hajarî’s active engagement with some of the most promine...(展开全部)

Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism"; what he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism (1978), Said decried the "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture". [1] He argued that a long tradition of false and romanticized images of As...(展开全部)

Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism"; what he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism (1978), Said decried the "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture". [1] He argued that a long tradition of false and romanticized images of As...(展开全部)

It is often assumed that natural philosophy was the forerunner of early modern natural sciences. But where did these sciences' systematic observation and experimentation get their starts? In "Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe", the laboratories, workshops, and marketplaces emerge as arenas where hands-on experience united with higher learning. In an age when chemis...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. Set in the mid-19th century, and written from the author's first-hand experience, this work follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil s...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. Set in the mid-19th century, and written from the author's first-hand experience, this work follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil s...(展开全部)

译者：伊斯梅尔.马金鹏，1913年出生于山东济南，考入济南木家车门清真寺私立达成师范学校念经、念书六年，是马松亭阿訇教授《古兰经》的第一批学生。学习期间生活艰苦，每天吃穆斯林大著捐助的两顿小米稀粥、玉米饼面子和一两根水盐萝卜。毕业时已能背诵11卷《古兰经》，毕业后由一名捐助者善意的“赛哇布”，被派往埃及爱资哈尔大学深造。1950年出任上海福佑路清真寺教长，1953年任北京大学阿拉伯语教研室讲师、副教授，从事阿语教学翻译六十年，做过周恩来总理阿语翻译。精研包括《膳食指南》在内的阿文典籍何止万册，译作有《伊本.白图泰游记》等二十部。1989年七十六岁开始根据埃及阿拉伯文《古兰经学》要求，选用《古兰经》注释范本《泰伯雷注释》、《贝达威注释》、《耐赛菲注释》、《两哲俩伦丁注释》译注《古兰经》。每天清晨先诵读，然后伏案翻译，历时十年，与疾病搏斗中用心血浇注《<...(展开全部)

Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws from the worlds of visual art and music. Sound art’s roots can be found in the experimental work of Italian Futurism, Dada, and later the Fluxus group and the pioneering efforts of the American composer and artist John Cage. In the wake of this groundbreaking work, sound art began to mature into a movement, and artists e...(展开全部)