Knowledge Lost : : A New View of Early Modern Intellectual History /

Knowledge Lost : : A New View of Early Modern Intellectual History / / Martin Mulsow.

A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentUntil now the history of knowledge has largely been about formal and documented accumulation, concentrating on systems, collections, academies, and institutions. The central narrative has been one o...

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VerfasserIn:
Mulsow, Martin,
MitwirkendeR:
Midelfort, H. C. Erik,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.) :; 63 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Precarious Knowledge, Dangerous Transfers, and the Materiality of Knowing
  • Part I Tactics of the Intellectual Precariat
  • Section I The Radical Persona
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Clandestine Precariat
  • 2 The Libertine’s Two Bodies
  • 3 Portrait of the Freethinker as a Young Man
  • 4 The Art of Deflation, or: How to Save an Atheist
  • 5 A Library of Burned Books
  • Section II Trust, Mistrust, Courage: Epistemic Perceptions, Virtues, and Gestures
  • Introduction
  • 6 Threatened Knowledge: Prolegomena to a Cultural History of Truth
  • 7 Harpocratism: Gestures of Retreat
  • 8 Dare to Know: Epistemic Virtue in Historical Perspective
  • Part II Fragility and Engagement in the Knowledge Bourgeoisie
  • Section III Problematic Transfers
  • Introduction
  • 9 A Table in One’s Hand: Historical Iconography
  • 10 Family Secrets: Precarious Transfers within Intimate Circles
  • 11 The Lost Package: The Role of Communications in the History of Philosophy in Germany
  • Section IV Communities of Fascination and the Information History of Scholarly Knowledge
  • Introduction
  • 12 Protection of Knowledge and Knowledge of Protection: Defensive Magic, Antiquarianism, and Magical Objects
  • 13 Mobility and Surveillance: The Information History of Numismatics and Journeys to the East under Louis XIV
  • 14 Microscripts of the Orient: Navigating Scholarly Knowledge from Notebooks to Books
  • Concluding Word
  • Index

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