{"product_id":"reading-ayy-ibnyaqan-9780801897399","title":"Reading ayy IbnYaqan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book-length intellectual history of autodidacticism, this novel, thought-provoking work will interest a wide range of historians, including scholars of the history of science, philosophy, literature, Europe, and the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis highly interesting volume can be described in three ways. First it is a historical analysis of the concept of autodidacticism. Second, it is the history of a particular book. Finally, the book is self-described as an exercise in interdisciplinarity... The method of this historiographic proposal is described as \"historical sampling,\" whereby the appropriation of a text in various cultural contexts is displayed and compared. In all three of the abovementioned ways, the present reviewer judges the book to be a success. Moreover, it is written in such a lively style with rich detail that it is engrossing from start to finish. -- M. V. Dougherty Renaissance Quarterly 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Pursuit of the Natural Self\u003cbr\u003e1. Taming the Mystic: Marrakesh, 1160s\u003cbr\u003e2. Climbing the Ladder of Philosophy: Barcelona, 1348\u003cbr\u003e3. Defying Authority, Denying Predestination, and Conquering Nature: Florence, 1493\u003cbr\u003e4. Employing the Self and Experimenting with Nature: Oxford, 1671\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Sampling the History of Autodidacticism\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eEssay on Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405210984791,"sku":"9780801897399","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801897399.jpg?v=1730489129","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-ayy-ibnyaqan-9780801897399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}