Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950

Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, this title explores Darwin's global appeal from the perspective of several generations of Arabic readers and shows how Darwin's writings helped alter the social and epistemological landscape of the Arab learned classes.

About the author

Marwa Elshakry is associate professor in the Department of History at Columbia University, where she specializes in the history of science, technology, and medicine in the modern Middle East. She lives in New York.

Summary

Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, this title explores Darwin's global appeal from the perspective of several generations of Arabic readers and shows how Darwin's writings helped alter the social and epistemological landscape of the Arab learned classes.

Product details

• Authors: Marwa Elshakry
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2014
• EAN: 9780226001302
• ISBN: 978-0-226-00130-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Islam, SCIENCE / History, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, RELIGION / Religion & Science, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Theology, Islamic Theology, Religion and science