| Ways of Knowing: Ten Interdisciplinary Essays Contributor(s): Lindemann, Mary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0391041843 ISBN-13: 9780391041844 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: "Knowing" itself is a problematic concept and what was once seen as the clear objective of "knowing," that is to discover "truth" or "reality," has become increasingly less certain. This is even more the case when scholars move from the present to examine epistemology in the past. Two fundamental questions arise: What constituted knowledge in the context of early modern Germany and how was knowledge gathered, assembled, organized, deployed, and interpreted? Ways of Knowing seeks to answer these questions. Taking their cues from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, including art, German literature, social, political, medical, and religious history, the contributors offer readers a rich and insightful portrait of knowing and knowledge in early modern Germany.Investigators look at what people "knew" in early modern Germany and how they "knew" it. Four essays in part one consider how knowledge was created and organized. In part two, six authors examine how knowledge was evaluated and how it functioned, especially in the realms ofbelief, law, politics, and medicine. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 306.42 |
| LCCN: 2003059150 |
| Series: Studies in Central European Histories |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.38" W x 9.28" (1.17 lbs) 210 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "Knowing" itself is a problematic concept and what was once seen as the clear objective of "knowing," that is to discover "truth" or "reality," has become increasingly less certain. This is even more the case when scholars move from the present to examine epistemology in the past. Two fundamental questions arise: What constituted knowledge in the context of early modern Germany and how was knowledge gathered, assembled, organized, deployed, and interpreted? Ways of Knowing seeks to answer these questions. Taking their cues from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, including art, German literature, social, political, medical, and religious history, the contributors offer readers a rich and insightful portrait of knowing and knowledge in early modern Germany. Investigators look at what people "knew" in early modern Germany and how they "knew" it. Four essays in part one consider how knowledge was created and organized. In part two, six authors examine how knowledge was evaluated and how it functioned, especially in the realms of belief, law, politics, and medicine. Contributors include: Robert Beachy, Susan R. Boettcher, Jason Coy, Pia F. Cuneo, Mitchell Lewis Hammond, Mary Lindemann, Francisca Loetz, Terence McIntosh, Janice L. Neri, Elisabeth W gh ll Nivre, and Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly. |