Screen LibraryThe legend of the Middle Ages：philosophical explorations of medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Au moyen du Moyen Age. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 287 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226070803 (alk. paper) 0226070808 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B503 |
| CLC: |
B503 B920 |
| Call Number: | B503/B821 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-278) and index. The lessons of the Middle Ages -- The meaning and value of philosophy in the three medieval cultures -- Just how is Islamic philosophy Islamic? -- Is physics interesting? Some responses from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages -- The flesh: a medieval model of subjectivity -- The denial of humanity: on the judgment "those people are not men" in some ancient and medieval texts -- Three Muslim views of the Christian city -- The jihād of the philosophers -- Inclusion and digestion: two models of cultural appropriation, in response to a question of Hans-Georg Gadamer (Tübingen, September 3, 199 Modern interpreters have variously cast the Middle Ages as a benighted past from which the West had to evolve and, more recently, as the model for a potential future of intercultural dialogue and tolerance. The Legend of the Middle Agescuts through such oversimplifications to reconstruct a complicated and philosophically rich period that remains deeply relevant to the contemporary world. Featuring a penetrating interview and sixteen essaysonly three of which have previously appeared in English this volume explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. With characteristic eru |