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Science in the Age of Baroque
. Ed(S): Gal, Ofer; Chen-Morris, Raz
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Paperback. The essays in this survey of the 'new science' of the seventeenth century offer a fresh historiographical paradigm for the Enlightenment's cultural ambience, viewing the epoch's key figures, from Kepler to Newton, through the prism of Baroque culture. Editor(s): Gal, Ofer; Chen-Morris, Raz. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPC; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
This volume examines the New Science of the 17th century in the context of Baroque culture, analysing its emergence as an integral part of the high culture of the period. The collected essays explore themes common to the new practices of knowledge production and the rapidly changing culture surrounding them, as well as the obsessions, anxieties and aspirations they share, such as the foundations of order, the power and peril of mediation and the conflation of the natural and the artificial. The essays also take on the historiographical issues involved: the characterization of culture in general and culture of knowledge ... Read more
This volume examines the New Science of the 17th century in the context of Baroque culture, analysing its emergence as an integral part of the high culture of the period. The collected essays explore themes common to the new practices of knowledge production and the rapidly changing culture surrounding them, as well as the obsessions, anxieties and aspirations they share, such as the foundations of order, the power and peril of mediation and the conflation of the natural and the artificial. The essays also take on the historiographical issues involved: the characterization of culture in general and culture of knowledge ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400795136
SKU
V9789400795136
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