Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, The Social Background, Part 2, General Conclusions and Reflections - Rilegato

Needham, Joseph

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ISBN 10: 0521087325 ISBN 13: 9780521087322

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Riassunto

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China series. For nearly fifty years, Needham and his collaborators have revealed the ideals, concepts and achievements of China's scientific and technological traditions from the earliest times to about 1800 through this great enterprise. During his long working lifetime, Needham kept in draft various essays, some written with collaborators, in which he set out his broad views on the Chinese social and historical context. These essays, edited by one of his closest collaborators, Kenneth Robinson, are contained in the present volume. A reading of this material makes it possible to reconstruct the assumptions and problematics that underpinned and drove the Needham project throughout the nearly one half century during which he was at the helm. The documents gathered here reveal the intellectual foundations of one of the greatest scholarly enterprises of the twentieth century.

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'... a giant work of scholarship ...' The Spokesman 102: Slump and War

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Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China series caused a seismic shift in western perceptions of China. But why did the scientific and industrial revolutions not happen in China? In the concluding volume of this series, Needham reflects on this question and gives fascinating insights into his great intellectual quest.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521087325
• ISBN 13: 9780521087322
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Redattore: Robinson Kenneth Girdwood