On the Roads to Modernity: Conscience, Science, and Civilizations

Nelson, Benjamin N.

ISBN 10: 0847662098 / ISBN 13: 9780847662098

Published by Rl Innactive Titles, 1981

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Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the Roads to Modernity: Conscience, Science, and Civilizations
• Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847662098
• ISBN 13: 9780847662098
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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About the Author

Benjamin Nelson was a wide ranging New York intellectual, trained at Columbia in medieval history, who wrote a classic study, The Idea of Usury. He became a sociologist and continued to explore large issues in philosophy, psychoanalysis and the construction of systems of spiritual direction. He taught at the University of Chicago, at Minnesota, and at the New School for Social Research. He also served as editor of many books in the famous Harper & Row paperback series of classic authors.

Toby E. Huff is a research associate at Harvard University and Chancellor Professor Emeritus at UMass Dartmouth. He is the author of Max Weber and the Methodology of the Social Sciences (1984), The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China and the West (2nd ed. Cambridge 2003); Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution. A Global Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2010) as well as co-editor with Wolfgang Schluchter of Max Weber and Islam (1999). He has lectured in Europe, Asia and across the Muslim world.