{"product_id":"9789819794713","title":"Rethinking the Needham Question: A Non-Eurocentric Framework Transcending Dialogism","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRethinking the Needham Question: A Non-Eurocentric Framework Transcending Dialogism\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLau, Raymond W. K.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a new investigation of the Needham Question. Why did modern science emerge in Europe, but not in any of the advanced non-European civilizations? Eurocentric accounts attribute it to certain ‘qualities’ said to be ‘unique’ to Europe. Opposed to the Eurocentric view is a position known as the ‘dialogical perspective’. Dialogism argues that Europe borrowed heavily from non-European scientific knowledges, and that scientific exchanges were key to the development of modern science. Neo-Eurocentric arguments have emerged in response to the challenge of dialogism, and the debate between Eurocentrism\/neo-Eurocentrism and dialogism currently stands at a stalemate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Raymond Lau brings a new theoretical-methodological framework to finally settle this debate. The historical analysis developed here shows that to secure the non-Eurocentric case, and decisively rebut Eurocentrism and neo-Eurocentrism, it is necessary to go beyond dialogism both theoretically and methodologically.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2024-12-25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789819794713\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-981-97-9472-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 358.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45590159556748,"sku":"9789819794713","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819794713.jpg?v=1767315503","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789819794713","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}