What is the History of Knowledge? (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
160
Utgivningsdatum
2015-11-20
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1
Förlag
Polity Press
Dimensioner
213 x 137 x 15 mm
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250 g
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1
ISBN
9780745669847

What is the History of Knowledge?

av Peter Burke
Häftad,  Engelska, 2015-11-20
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What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Leading cultural historian, Peter Burke, draws upon examples of this new kind of history from different periods and from the history of India, East Asia and the Islamic world as well as from Europe and the Americas. He discusses some of the main concepts used by scholars working in the field, among them order of knowledge, situated knowledge and knowledge society. This book tells the story of the transformation of relatively raw information into knowledge via processes of classification, verification and so on, the dissemination of this knowledge and finally its employment for different purposes, by governments, corporations or private individuals. A concluding chapter identifies central problems in the history of knowledge, from triumphalism to relativism, together with attempts to solve them. The only book of its kind yet to be published, What is the History of Knowledge? will be essential reading for all students of history and the humanities in general, as well as the interested general reader.
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"It is rare for a tour d'horizon also to be a tour de force, but this compact introduction to the new field of the history of knowledge qualifies on both counts. In less than two hundred pages, Burke maps out a new Republic of Letters, far more inclusive than the old one. Burke's vast learning is lightly worn, and the reader is rewarded with glittering aperus and striking comparisons on almost every page." Lorraine Daston, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin "What counts as knowledge and how can it be said to have a history? Peter Burke, the worlds foremost authority in the field, provides an eminently lucid guide to the momentous shifts that have been taking place in a gamut of intellectual disciplines. Intellectual history will never be the same again." Geoffrey Lloyd, Needham Research Institute

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PETER BURKE is Professor Emeritus of Cultural History at the University of Cambridge.

Innehållsförteckning

1: Knowledges and their Histories 2: Concepts 3: Processes 4: Problems and Prospects Timeline Further Reading Index

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