How science lived in Europe and died in Islam, Part 5: Why the decline of philosophy and science in Islam?
There are three types of explanations for this decline. The first of these emphasizes external factors, like the Mongol invasion in 1258 …
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The Great Replacement: Myth, conspiracy theory, or reality? Part 3: “Diversity is our strength!”
Part 2 of this series was about criticisms of the Great Replacement idea by people who tried to downplay the extent of the demographic changes happening in Europe.
Another group of people accepts the demographic reality of the “Great Replacement”. However, they welcome these changes instead of seeing them as a great tragedy.
This Part confronts the views of these people with reality.
The Great Replacement: Myth, conspiracy theory, or reality? Part 2: “What demographic changes?”
Many critics of the “Great Replacement” idea deny that demographic changes are taking place in Europe which could amount to native Europeans becoming a minority in their own countries. This kind of criticism attempts to minimize or to relativize these demographic changes.
Identity and pride, Part 3: Being proud of others
How can you be proud of what others have done?
How science lived in Europe and died in Islam, Part 4: The decline of philosophy and science in Islam
Many scholars maintain that there has been a decline in Islamic philosophical-scientific production after Islam’s “Golden Age”, lasting until the modern age. In fact, the term “Golden Age” implies a peak in development …
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How science lived in Europe and died in Islam, Part 3: The rise of philosophy and science in Europe
In Western Europe, the states which emerged after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West were backward with regard to scientific and philosophical inquiry …
The “Great Replacement”: Myth, conspiracy theory or reality? Part 1. Definitions
Part 2 > The “Great Replacement” has been intensely debated in recent years. Right-wing authors, politicians and political movements like the Identitarian Movement use it to describe the process of mass migration to the West…
How science lived in Europe and died in Islam, Part 2: The rise of philosophy and science in Islam
Within about 150 years after the initial Islamic conquests, during the Abbasid caliphate (750–1258), Islamic countries became world leaders in scientific inquiry.
How science lived in Europe and died in Islam, Part 1: Questions and puzzles
Scientific and philosophical inquiry was non-existent among the Arab tribes at the time Muhammad started his new religion, Islam, beginning of the 7th century. By the 9th century, however, areas ruled by Islam became important centers of science and philosophy. This Islamic “Golden Age” lasted several hundred years, but then a decline followed, from which science under Islam never since recovered. Why did this happen? And why was there a different development in Europe?