| Zoology in Early Modern Culture: Intersections of Science, Theology, Philology, and Political and Religious Education Contributor(s): Enenkel, Smith |
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ISBN: 9004268235 ISBN-13: 9789004268234 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General |
| Dewey: 590 |
| LCCN: 2014023662 |
| Series: Intersections |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (2.11 lbs) 546 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume tries to map out the intriguing amalgam of the different, partly conflicting approaches that shaped early modern zoology. Early modern reading of the "Book of Nature" comprised, among others, the description of species in the literary tradition of antiquity, as well as empirical observations, vivisection, and modern eyewitness accounts; the "translation" of zoological species into visual art for devotion, prayer, and religious education, but also scientific and scholarly curiosity; theoretical, philosophical, and theological thinking regarding God's creation, the Flood, and the generation of animals; new attempts with respect to nomenclature and taxonomy; the discovery of unknown species in the New World; impressive Wunderkammer collections, and the keeping of exotic animals in princely menageries. The volume demonstrates that theology and philology played a pivotal role in the complex formation of this new science. Contributors include: Brian Ogilvie, Bernd Roling, Erik Jorink, Paul Smith, Sabine Kalff, Tam s Demeter, Amanda Herrin, Marrigje Rikken, Alexander Loose, Sophia Hendrikx, and Karl Enenkel. |