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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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Korean Buddhism
Frederick Starr
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R813
Discovery Miles 8 130
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A vibrant portrait of an age when Arabic enlightenment anticipated
and inspired the European Renaissance, illuminated by its guiding
figures and rivals, Ibn Sina and Biruni. In The Genius of their
Age, S. Frederick Starr follows up his acclaimed Lost
Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age with a portrait of the
Arab enlightenment and its key figures—Abu-Ali al-Husayn
ibn-'Abdallah Ibn-Sina and Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad
al-Biruni. A thousand years ago, these two intellectual
giants—known as Ibn Sina and Biruni for short—achieved stunning
breakthroughs in fields as diverse as medicine, astronomy,
mathematics, philosophy, geography, and physics. Biruni measured
the earth more precisely than anyone else down to the sixteenth
century, pondered a heliocentric universe, and hypothesized the
existence of North and South America as inhabited continents. Ibn
Sina's writing on philosophy and metaphysics enriched the writings
of countless European thinkers, including St. Thomas Aquinas, while
Sina's grand synthesis of medical knowledge became the standard for
the next six hundred years in Europe, the Middle East, and India.
They both also commented extensively on the works of ancient Greeks
and earlier Muslim thinkers, whose works they aspired to
synthesize—and to transcend. Contemporaries, Ibn Sina and Biruni
were born within the borders of what is now Uzbekistan and spent
their lives in Central Asia. They also became rivals, launching a
correspondence and commentary that galvanized them despite
sometimes bitter disagreement. Centuries before the West caught up
with them, Ibn Sina and Biruni reflected their age's feats and its
intellectual high point, persisting with their inquiries and their
independence amid turmoil and rapid change. Though scholars have
long dissected the works of Ibn Sina and Biruni, S. Frederick Starr
focuses also on their lives and the times in which they lived. By
contextualizing their work and by making the age palpable to the
reader, S. Frederick Starr gives the achievements of Ibn Sina and
Biruni a holistic and unforgettably human dimension.
The collapse of the Soviet Union had the simultaneous effect of
demolishing the international political order of the past
half-century, with consequences for all sides. Western policy
makers, no less than the leaders of the region, had to reorient
themselves to a new world -- knowing that their actions might
impact developments in unexpected ways.
This concluding volume of the International Politics of Eurasia
series takes on the challenge of specifying the forces at work in
the International environment of Russia and the New Independent
States and gauging the impact of external actors on developments in
this region. Among the topics covered are foreign and security
policies; relationships with East Asian, Near Eastern, and Western
States; and the impact of international economic and financial
institutions, development assistance and advisory programs of
various kinds, and aid organizations.
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an Informa company.
Uzbekistan, long considered the center of Central Asia, has the
region's largest population and borders every other regional state
including Afghanistan. For the first 25 years of its independence,
it adopted a cautious, defensive policy that emphasized sovereignty
and treated regional efforts at cooperation with skepticism. But
after taking over as President in autumn 2016, Shavkat Mirziyoyev
launched a breathtaking series of reform initiatives. His slogan -
"it is high time the government serves the people, not vice versa"
- led to large-scale reforms in virtually every sector. Time will
tell whether the reform effort will succeed, but its first positive
fruits are already visible, particularly in a new dynamism within
Uzbek society, as well as a fresh approach to foreign relations,
where a new spirit of regionalism is taking root. This book is the
first systematic effort to analyze Uzbekistan's reforms.
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