{"product_id":"9789819794713","title":"Rethinking the Needham Question","description":"\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.In 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","brand":"Raymond W. K. Lau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52391265108286,"sku":"9789819794713","price":5428.89,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/files\/9789819794713.jpg?v=1761173069","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9789819794713","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}