Transformations of Knowledge in Dutch Expansion (Pluralisierung & Autorität, 44) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110370964 ISBN 13: 9783110370966

Verlag: De Gruyter, 2015

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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, objects, texts and people travelled around the world on board Dutch ships. The essays in this book explore how these circulations transformed knowledge in Asian and European societies. They concentrate on epistemic consequences in the fields of historiography, geography, natural history, religion and philosophy, as well as in everyday life. Emphasizing transformations, the volume reconstructs small semantic shifts of knowledge and tentative adjustments to new cultural contexts. It unfolds the often conflict-ridden, complex and largely global history of specific pieces of knowledge as well as of generally-shared contemporary understandings regarding what could or could not be considered true. The book contributes to current debates about how to conceptualize the unsettled epistemologies of the early modern world.

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S. Friedrich und A. Brendecke, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Deutschland; S. Ehrenpreis, Universität Innsbruck, Österreich.

S. Friedrich und A. Brendecke, Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität Munich, Germany; S. Ehrenpreis, Universität Innsbruck, Austria.

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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, objects, texts and people travelled around the world on board Dutch ships. The essays in this book explore how these circulations transformed knowledge in Asian and European societies. They concentrate on epistemic consequences in the fields of historiography, geography, natural history, religion and philosophy, as well as in everyday life. Emphasizing transformations, the volume reconstructs small semantic shifts of knowledge and tentative adjustments to new cultural contexts. It unfolds the often conflict-ridden, complex and largely global history of specific pieces of knowledge as well as of generally shared contemporary understandings regarding what could or could not be considered true. The book contributes to current debates about how to conceptualize the unsettled epistemologies of the early modern world.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3110370964
• ISBN 13: 9783110370966
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 262
• Herausgeber: Friedrich Susanne, Brendecke Arndt, Ehrenpreis Stefan
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