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Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society
Av Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
703 kr
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Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960), prominent astronomer and world-renowned socialist theorist, stood at the nexus of the revolutions in politics, science and the arts of the early twentieth century. His astronomy was uniquely visual and highly innovative, while his politics were radical. Anton Pannekoek: …
Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World
The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil. Volume 1: Life, Work and Legacy
Av Huib Zuidervaart, Oscar Matsuura
Häftad, 2025
746 kr
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This volume, Volume 1, presents Marggrafe's stunning biography. Volume 2 consists of a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized and published. Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) is today hailed as the principal author of an influential …
Knowledge and Culture in the Early Dutch Republic
Isaac Beeckman in Context
Av Klaas van Berkel, Albert Clement m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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The Dutch Republic around 1600 was a laboratory of the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. Here conditions were favourable for the development of new ways of knowing nature and the natural philosopher Isaac Beeckman, who was born in Middelburg in 1588, was a seminal figure in this …
Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge
The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1850-2020
Av Anders Ekström, Hampus Östh Gustafsson
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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This book addresses the shifting status of the humanities through a national case study spanning two centuries. The societal function of the humanities is considered from the flexible perspective of knowledge politics in order to historicize notions of impact and intellectual organization that tend …
Laboratory Revolution and the Creation of the Modern University, 1830-1940
Av Klaas van Berkel, Ernst Homburg
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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The modern research university originated in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, largely due to the creation and expansion of the teaching and research laboratory. The universities and the sciences underwent a laboratory revolution that fundamentally changed the nature of both. …
Works and Times of Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
Writing History in the Age of Collapse
Av Thor Rydin
Häftad, 2025
746 kr
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The lifetime of Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) was marked by dramatic transformations in Europe. Cityscapes, aesthetic codes, social orders, political cultures, international travel and means of warfare developed beyond recognition; entire catalogues of hopes and fears were torn asunder and replaced by …
Virtues and Vices in the Nineteenth-Century Humanities
Explorations of a Discourse
Av Herman Paul
Inbunden, 2025
2124 kr
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What do scholars do when they talk about virtues (impartiality, accuracy) or vices (dogmatism, prejudice)? Against the common view that such high-minded talk is largely irrelevant to actual scholarly practice, this volume proposes to treat it as a practice in its own right.
Epistemic Transfer in the History of the Humanities and Sciences
Av Rens Bod, Isak Hammar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2501 kr
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Epistemic Transfer in the History of the Humanities and Sciences brings together experts from the history of science, the humanities and the social sciences, investigating the mechanisms and conditions of epistemic transfer across disciplinary domains.This book addresses the major challenge of …
Administration, Mobility, and Knowledge across Borders, 1500–1800
Swedish Statecraft in a European Context
Inbunden, 2026
2289 kr
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Administration, Mobility, and Knowledge across Borders examines the interplay between knowledge-making and governance in early modern Sweden (1500–1800). It explores how state-related knowledge shaped administrative practices, extended power, and circulated within and beyond the vast realm around …
Philology in Europe before and after 1800
Change and Continuity
Av Laura Loporcaro, Paul Michael Kurtz
Inbunden, 2026
2576 kr
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Philology in Europe before and after 1800 investigates a period often regarded as a watershed moment in the history of the humanities. Since the nineteenth century, the decades around 1800 have been considered a time of radical change, introducing a new, modern era of scholarship distinct from the …
Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society
Av Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2276 kr
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This volume collects essays on Anton Pannekoek and his contemporaries at the crossroads of political history, the history of science and art history.
Laboratory Revolution and the Creation of the Modern University, 1830-1940
Av Klaas van Berkel, Ernst Homburg
Inbunden, 2023
2301 kr
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This volume explores how research laboratories transformed universities spatially, socially, and culturally.
Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World
The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil. Volume 1: Life, Work and Legacy
Av Huib Zuidervaart, Oscar Matsuura
Inbunden, 2022
1310 kr
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This volume, Volume 1, presents Marggrafe’s stunning biography. Volume 2 consists of a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized and published. Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) is today hailed as the principal author of an influential …
Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World
The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil. Volume 2: Transcription and English Translation of His Astronomical Observations
Av Oscar Matsuura, Huib Zuidervaart
Häftad, 2022
659 kr
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This volume, Volume 2, is a supplementary text and consists of a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized and published. Volume 1 presents Marggrafe’s stunning biography. Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) is today hailed as the …
Knowledge and Culture in the Early Dutch Republic
Isaac Beeckman in Context
Av Klaas van Berkel, Albert Clement m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2600 kr
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The Dutch Republic around 1600 was a laboratory of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. Here conditions were favourable for the development of new ways of knowing nature and the natural philosopher Isaac Beeckman was a seminal figure in this context. This volume explores the wider social, …
Works and Times of Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
Writing History in the Age of Collapse
Av Thor Rydin
Inbunden, 2024
2276 kr
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The lifetime of Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) was marked by dramatic transformations in Europe. Cityscapes, aesthetic codes, social orders, political cultures, international travel and means of warfare developed beyond recognition; entire catalogues of hopes and fears were torn asunder and replaced by …
Epistemological Excess in Early Modern Europe
Coping with Copia
Inbunden, 2026
2564 kr
Kommande
We are living in an era of unprecedented “information overload”. This is one of the most common clichés defining the early 21st century, both in academic circles and in general public imagery. And, as clichés often do, this one encapsulates some elements of truth. The "unprecedented" nature of our …
Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800
Devotees of Science
Av Nikolaj Bijleveld, Arjen Dijkstra m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2208 kr
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This is a book about some of the unexpected people and places involved in cultivating knowledge of the natural world and of scientific apparatus around 1800. It takes readers across continental Europe from the Enlightenment to the onset of academic professionalisation. The authors widen the horizon …
Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge
The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1850-2020
Av Anders Ekström, Hampus Östh Gustafsson
Inbunden, 2022
2144 kr
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This book examines the humanities' evolving societal role through a two-century Swedish case study, using knowledge politics to historicize impact and intellectual organization concepts typically taken for granted.
Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800
Devotees of Science
Av Nikolaj Bijleveld, Arjen Dijkstra m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
714 kr
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This is a book about some of the unexpected people and places involved in cultivating knowledge of the natural world and mastery of scientific apparatus around 1800, taking readers across continental Europe from the Enlightenment to the onset of academic professionalisation. The authors widen the …
Virtues and Vices in the Nineteenth-Century Humanities
Explorations of a Discourse
Av Herman Paul
Häftad, 2026
714 kr
Tillfälligt slut
What do scholars do when they talk about virtues (impartiality, accuracy) or vices (dogmatism, prejudice)? Against the common view that such high-minded talk is largely irrelevant to actual scholarly practice, this volume proposes to treat it as a practice in its own right. Drawing on case studies …
