CIVILIZATIONAL CONNECTIONS: EARLY ISLAM AND LATIN-EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE

  • Dr. S. M. Ghazanfar Professor/Chair (Emeritus, 2002) University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (USA)
Keywords: Renaissance, Al-Ghazali, Civilization, Transmission

Abstract

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The paper discusses four interrelated themes. First, there is a description on the ―lost paradigm‖ of Islamic connections to European Renaissance, followed by a discussion of evidence that this Renaissance depended crucially upon the intellectual armory acquired through prolonged contacts with early Islamic civilization. The influence of many Muslim scholars on Western Enlightenment also cannot be denied. The paper documents the influence of some key Islamic scholars such as Al-Kindi, Ibn-e-Sina, Al-Ghazali and in particular Ibn-e-Rushd, whose writings contributed hugely to the European Enlightenment. This is followed by a discussion of the various sources of transmission of that intellectual armory that enabled Latin-Europeans to exit from the Dark Ages and contributed towards medieval Renaissance as well as subsequent Italian Renaissance.

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Quoted from a speech, The Dialogue of Civilizations and the Need for a World Ethic, Oxford University Centre for Islamic Studies, June 28, 1999; see UN Press Release SG/SM/7049, June 28, 1999. On November 16, 1999, at the initiative of Iranian President Khatemi, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, proclaiming 2001 as the UN Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations. Also, for related discussion, see Civilization: The Magazine of the Library of Congress, (June-July 1999), 73-87 (special guest editor: Kofi Annan) 2 Will Durant, The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith, Vol. 4. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950), 343- 44. 3 Philip K. Hitti, The Arabs: A Short History (N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1943), 221.
Published
2011-06-30
How to Cite
Dr. S. M. Ghazanfar. 2011. “CIVILIZATIONAL CONNECTIONS: EARLY ISLAM AND LATIN-EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE”. Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization 1 (2), 01-34. https://doi.org/10.32350/jitc.12.01.