Podcasts about hayy ibn yaqzan

Sabine Wassenberg en Kamel Essabane schreven samen het filosofische kinderboek De zoon van de Gazelle. Het is een hervertelling van een belangrijk verhaal uit de twaalfde eeuw: de Hayy Ibn Yaqzan van Ibn Tufail. Dit verhaal vormde de inspiratie voor Robinson Crusoë en bijgevolg werkt het ook nog steeds door in elke Hollywoodfilm waarin mensen terechtkomen op een onbewoond eiland en er via allerhande avonturen met zichzelf geconfronteerd worden. Maar in tegenstelling tot die films is het oorspronkelijke verhaal niet zozeer geschreven als een vorm van ontspanning. Het is vooral bedoelt als een aanzet om de filosofische diepte in te duiken en belangrijke levensvragen te stellen. Dat is ook waar Sabine en Kamel kinderen en hun ouders willen toe aanzetten met hun hervertelling. Groetjes uit Shambhala is weliswaar geen podcast rond kinderfilosofie, maar De zoon van de gazelle bood toch een perfecte insteek voor een aflevering. Het leek Jonas immers een goed idee om samen met Sabine en Kamel af te tasten hoe we het beste om kunnen gaan met de verhouding tussen spiritualiteit, religie en filosofie. In hun boek loopt dat alles immers sterk door elkaar. Ook wanneer we wat breder kijken naar de historische context waarin het oorspronkelijke verhaal geschreven werd, blijken die drie gebieden sterk met elkaar verweven. Hun gesprek daarover bracht hen vervolgens tot de vraag of we het onderscheid tussen spiritualiteit, religie en filosofie vandaag eveneens wat meer moeten loslaten. Filosofie kan zich nu eenmaal nooit onttrekken aan religieuze thema's en sommige vormen van hedendaagse spiritualiteit zouden wel eens erg gebaat kunnen zijn met meer filosofische diepgang. Sabine Wassenberg specialiseerde zich in het filosoferen met kinderen, een onderwerp waar ze ondertussen meerdere boeken over schreef. Ze heeft ook een grote interesse in boeddhistische spiritualiteit. Kamel Essabane is promovendus aan de Radboud Universiteit waar hij onderzoek doet rond islamonderwijs en burgerschapsvorming. Hun boek De zoon van de gazelle werd uitgegeven door De Meent. ------- 'Groetjes uit Shambhala' is een productie van Volzin.

IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™...…two spiritual masters continue discovering new layers of and models for human experience. This combined episode covers aspects of consciousness, conscious agents, biodynamics, emotional body energy, the Enneagram, homeopathy and much more.Deepak Chopra, M.D., FACP, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. TIME magazine described him as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” He's been exploring the intersection of science and spirituality for decades.Deepak's 90th book: “Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential,” gets into what it means to be “beyond human.” You'll learn how to question reality, move past limitations constructed by your mind, and enter a new state of awareness. And when you realize a “reality without limits,” you'll be able to realize your full human potential.Abdul Hayy Lammert Holdijk has followed a Sufi path for the past 40 years, studying religion and consciousness with a hefty dose of pragmatism. He lectures on topics such as Epigenetics, Neurobiology, the Enneagram, Shadow Work, Voice Dialogue, Love, Dream interpretation, Jekyll and Hyde, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and a wide range of other topics related to consciousness and personality development. Abdul taught at the American University in Beirut for several years, and then at the American University in Cairo for 35. His profound life story includes adventure, spirituality seeking, questioning tradition and teaching others. He also leads spiritual retreats in Lebanon, Egypt, Oman, and the surrounding region.If you liked this special episode with Deepak and Abdul, you'll learn even more from listening to their full podcasts, directly below.Going Beyond the Human Mind to Discover Your Infinite Potential – Deepak Chopra – #683Who Am I? Finding Spirituality by Disrupting Tradition with Abdul Hayy L. Holdijk – #710WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT!Hydrate with Electrolytes: https://DrinkLMNT.com/DAVE, get a FREE LMNT Sample Pack with 8 single-serving packets for the cost of shipping ($5 for U.S. customers) Business Growth With SEO: https://www.stephanspencer.com, get a FREE consultationSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ngaji Filsafat : Ibn Thufayl - Hayy Ibn Yaqzan Edisi : Buku Tipis Rabu, 19 Oktober 2016 Ngaji FIlsafat bersama Dr. Fahruddin Faiz, M. Ag. Ngaji Filsafat berlangsung rutin setiap hari Rabu pukul 20.00 WIB Bertempat di Masjid Jendral Sudirman Kolombo, Jln. Rajawali No. 10 Kompleks Kolombo, Demangan Baru, Caturtunggal, Depok, Sleman, Yogyakarta 55281 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/masjid-jendral-sudirman/message

Dimanche 30 mai 2021, nous avons eu le plaisir de recevoir Jean-Baptiste Brenet pour la conférence « Hayy Ibn Yaqzan ou Vivant fils d'éveillé ». Retrouvez son adaptation d'Ibn Ṭufayl, Robinson de Guadix : https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/robinson-de-guadix/ Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

Dimanche 30 mai 2021, nous avons eu le plaisir de recevoir Jean-Baptiste Brenet pour la conférence « Hayy Ibn Yaqzan ou Vivant fils d'éveillé ». Retrouvez son adaptation d'Ibn Ṭufayl, Robinson de Guadix : https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/robinson-de-guadix/ Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

Dimanche 30 mai 2021, nous avons eu le plaisir de recevoir Jean-Baptiste Brenet pour la conférence « Hayy Ibn Yaqzan ou Vivant fils d'éveillé ». Retrouvez son adaptation d'Ibn Ṭufayl, Robinson de Guadix : https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/robinson-de-guadix/ Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

Dimanche 30 mai 2021, nous avons eu le plaisir de recevoir Jean-Baptiste Brenet pour la conférence « Hayy Ibn Yaqzan ou Vivant fils d'éveillé ». Retrouvez son adaptation d'Ibn Ṭufayl, Robinson de Guadix : https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/robinson-de-guadix/ Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

“L’epistola di Hayy ibn Yaqzan” è senza alcun ombra di dubbio fra le opere più interessanti e profonde di tutta la cultura arabo-ispanica, mostrandoci la ricerca del Divino dal punto di vista di un giovane cresciuto solo su un’isola desertaSeguite tutti gli aggiornamenti sulla pagina instagram @medioorienteedintorni , per articoli e podcast visitate il nostro sito https://mediorientedintorni.com/ trovate anche la "versione articolo". Vuoi avere tutto in unico posto? Iscriviti al gruppo Telegram: https://t.me/mediorientedintorni Ogni like, condivisione o supporto è ben accetto e ci aiuta a dedicarci sempre di più alla nostra passione: raccontare il Medio Oriente

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Dave interviews a special guest while in Oman, south of Dubai. Abdul Hayy Lammert Holdijk shares his profound life story of adventure, spirituality seeking, questioning tradition and teaching others. Born in Holland, Abdul lived in Germany and attended universities in the U.S. and London. His travels as a young man took him to Sri Lanka, Beirut, and Damascus, where he found his “home” in a mosque with a Sufi sheikh who spoke English.He has been a follower of a Sufi path for the past 40 years, studying religion and consciousness with a hefty dose of pragmatism. Abdul taught at the American University in Beirut for several years, and then at the American University in Cairo for 35.“Almost all what we would call the mystical traditions are embedded in an Orthodox tradition,” Abdul says. “And that has a reason. Religion is like a shell, like a Walnut. It's rigid, it's inflexible, but it protects what's inside. And the inside is the mystical tradition. It's what gives meaning and flavor and nourishment. And if you had the inside without the shell, it would just simply flow away. It would not survive.”“One of the first things I read about Zen Buddhism that appealed to me was Burn the Sutras,” he continues. “It's only later that I understood, you go to have sutras to burn, right? And so the tradition are the sutras and yes, the inner tradition does burn that rigidity, but it doesn't burn it completely. Because the tradition provides the way, kind of resistance to your ego. And the ego is persistent.” Abdul also founded the Egyptian Society of Homeopathy and teaches courses to other international homeopathy organizations.He lectures on topics including the Enneagram, Shadow Work, Voice Dialogue, Love, Dream interpretation, Jekyll and Hyde, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and a wide range of other topics related to consciousness and personality development. He also leads spiritual retreats in Lebanon, Egypt, Oman, and the surrounding region.Enjoy the show! And get more resources at https://blog.daveasprey.com/category/podcasts/.

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Dave interviews a special guest while in Oman, south of Dubai. Abdul Hayy Lammert Holdijk shares his profound life story of adventure, spirituality seeking, questioning tradition and teaching others. Born in Holland, Abdul lived in Germany and attended universities in the U.S. and London. His travels as a young man took him to Sri Lanka, Beirut, and Damascus, where he found his “home” in a mosque with a Sufi sheikh who spoke English.He has been a follower of a Sufi path for the past 40 years, studying religion and consciousness with a hefty dose of pragmatism. Abdul taught at the American University in Beirut for several years, and then at the American University in Cairo for 35.“Almost all what we would call the mystical traditions are embedded in an Orthodox tradition,” Abdul says. “And that has a reason. Religion is like a shell, like a Walnut. It's rigid, it's inflexible, but it protects what's inside. And the inside is the mystical tradition. It's what gives meaning and flavor and nourishment. And if you had the inside without the shell, it would just simply flow away. It would not survive.”“One of the first things I read about Zen Buddhism that appealed to me was Burn the Sutras,” he continues. “It's only later that I understood, you go to have sutras to burn, right? And so the tradition are the sutras and yes, the inner tradition does burn that rigidity, but it doesn't burn it completely. Because the tradition provides the way, kind of resistance to your ego. And the ego is persistent.” Abdul also founded the Egyptian Society of Homeopathy and teaches courses to other international homeopathy organizations.He lectures on topics including the Enneagram, Shadow Work, Voice Dialogue, Love, Dream interpretation, Jekyll and Hyde, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and a wide range of other topics related to consciousness and personality development. He also leads spiritual retreats in Lebanon, Egypt, Oman, and the surrounding region.Enjoy the show! And get more resources at https://blog.daveasprey.com/category/podcasts/.

Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl's novel is a curious philosophical thought experiment from twelfth-century al-Andalus.

Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl's Hayy ibn Yaqzan (sometimes translated as “Alive, son of Awake”—though the title is the main character's name) is a curious philosophical thought experiment from twelfth-century al-Andalus (which is today southern Spain).

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner's scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you'll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner's scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you'll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner’s scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you’ll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner’s scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you’ll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner’s scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you’ll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner’s scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you’ll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices