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Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge
. Ed(S): Schaffer, Simon; Tresch, John; Gagliardi, Pasquale
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Hardback. Editor(s): Schaffer, Simon; Tresch, John; Gagliardi, Pasquale. Num Pages: 235 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 32 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made and executed. Contributors take a close look at everything from religious pilgrimages, museums, and maps of the world, to search engines and automated GPS.
Current obsessions in information technology, communications theory, and digital culture often concern the value and possibility of a grand accumulation of universally accessible forms of knowledge: total libraries, open data ... Read more
Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made and executed. Contributors take a close look at everything from religious pilgrimages, museums, and maps of the world, to search engines and automated GPS.
Current obsessions in information technology, communications theory, and digital culture often concern the value and possibility of a grand accumulation of universally accessible forms of knowledge: total libraries, open data ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319425948
SKU
V9783319425948
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Schaffer, Simon; Tresch, John; Gagliardi, Pasquale
Simon Schaffer is Professor of History of Science at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of La fabrique des sciences modernes and the coeditor of The Material Cultures of Enlightenment Arts and Sciences. John Tresch is Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of The Romantic ... Read more
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