Encyclopaedic Visions
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Encyclopaedic Visions
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Author : Richard Yeo
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-03-29
Encyclopaedic Visions written by Richard Yeo and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-29 with History categories.
Cultural history of Enlightenment encyclopaedias revealing Enlightenment debates concerning organisation and communication of knowledge.
The Book Of Visions
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Author : Nicholas Albery
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 1992
The Book Of Visions written by Nicholas Albery and has been published by Virgin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Religion categories.
Contains over five hundred best ideas (schemes, plans, proposals, etc.) from around the world - the visions of leading practitioners, world experts and inspired amateurs - new and imaginative (non-technological) for tackling social problems and improving the quality of life collected by the London Institute of Social Inventions. The Institute, a charity of research and education set up in 1985, is backed by many prominent people in all fields of life whose common goal is to promote social innovations: new social services or new and imaginative solutions to social problems, ideally before they becomes crises.
The European Encyclopedia
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Author : Jeff Loveland
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-07-04
The European Encyclopedia written by Jeff Loveland and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-04 with History categories.
Organized thematically, this book tells the story of the European encyclopedia from 1650 to the present.
The Encyclopedia Of Blindness And Vision Impairment
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Author : Jill Sardegna
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2002
The Encyclopedia Of Blindness And Vision Impairment written by Jill Sardegna and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Medical categories.
A comprehensive guide to causes of blindness, information on diseases and treatments available.
The Color Of Equality
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Author : Devin J. Vartija
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2021-08-06
The Color Of Equality written by Devin J. Vartija and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-06 with History categories.
The Enlightenment is often either praised as the wellspring of modern egalitarianism or condemned as the cradle of scientific racism. How should we make sense of this paradox? The Color of Equality is the first book to investigate both the inclusive language of common humanity and the hierarchical language of race in Enlightenment thought, seeking to understand how eighteenth-century thinkers themselves made sense of these tensions. Using three major Enlightenment encyclopedias from England, France, and Switzerland, the book provides a rich contextualization of the conflicting ideas of equality and race in eighteenth-century thought. Enlightenment thinkers used physical features to categorize humanity into novel "racial" groups in a discourse that was imbued with Eurocentric aesthetic and moral judgments. Simultaneously, however, these very same thinkers politicized equality by putting it to new uses, such as a vitriolic denunciation of slavery and inhumane treatment that was grounded in the nascent philosophy of human rights. Vartija contends that the tension between Enlightenment ideas of race and equality can best be explained by these thinkers' attempt to provide a naturalistic account of humanity, including both our physical and moral attributes. Enlightenment racial classification fits into the novel inclusion of humanity in histories of nature, while the search for the origins of morality in social experience alone lent equality a normative authority it had not previously possessed. Eschewing straightforward approbation or blame of the Enlightenment, The Color of Equality demonstrates that our present-day thinking about human physical and cultural diversity continues to be deeply informed by an eighteenth-century European intellectual revolution with global ramifications.
Technology
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Author : Eric Schatzberg
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-11-12
Technology written by Eric Schatzberg and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-12 with History categories.
In modern life, technology is everywhere. Yet as a concept, technology is a mess. In popular discourse, technology is little more than the latest digital innovations. Scholars do little better, offering up competing definitions that include everything from steelmaking to singing. In Technology: Critical History of a Concept, Eric Schatzberg explains why technology is so difficult to define by examining its three thousand year history, one shaped by persistent tensions between scholars and technical practitioners. Since the time of the ancient Greeks, scholars have tended to hold technicians in low esteem, defining technical practices as mere means toward ends defined by others. Technicians, in contrast, have repeatedly pushed back against this characterization, insisting on the dignity, creativity, and cultural worth of their work. The tension between scholars and technicians continued from Aristotle through Francis Bacon and into the nineteenth century. It was only in the twentieth century that modern meanings of technology arose: technology as the industrial arts, technology as applied science, and technology as technique. Schatzberg traces these three meanings to the present day, when discourse about technology has become pervasive, but confusion among the three principal meanings of technology remains common. He shows that only through a humanistic concept of technology can we understand the complex human choices embedded in our modern world.
An Alternative Encyclopedia
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Author : Jeff Loveland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
An Alternative Encyclopedia written by Jeff Loveland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.
"Loveland examines the "Universal history" in its cultural context to provide the most detailed picture to date of the world of British encyclopedias in the first half of the eighteenth century."--Page [4] of printed paper wrapper.
Encyclopedia Of The Unseen World
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Author : Constance Victoria Briggs
language : en
Publisher: Weiser Books
Release Date : 2010-08-01
Encyclopedia Of The Unseen World written by Constance Victoria Briggs and has been published by Weiser Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-01 with Reference categories.
An A-Z encyclopedia of the unseen and the unknown world of psychics, channeling, mediums, mystics, near death experiences, prophets, shadow people, death bed visions, astral projection and more. The Encyclopedia of the Unseen World includes concepts as well as descriptions of the spiritual world that have been extrapolated from a number of sources including: Ancient and Channeled Writings, Cultural Beliefs, Mediums, Mystics, Near Death Experiences, Psychics, Prophets and Visionaries, Scriptures and more.
The Universal Encyclopedia Of Dreams Visions Apparitions Hallucinations Ecstasy Magnetism And Sonnambulism
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Author : Brierre A. Des Boismont
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990-05-01
The Universal Encyclopedia Of Dreams Visions Apparitions Hallucinations Ecstasy Magnetism And Sonnambulism written by Brierre A. Des Boismont and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-05-01 with categories.
Divine Art Infernal Machine
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Author : Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2011
Divine Art Infernal Machine written by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Design categories.
Annotation 'Divine Art, Infernal Machine' presents a history of the printing press & of the ambivalent attitudes of the public toward printers & printing since the days of Gutenberg & his business partner Johann Fust, a gentleman often tellingly confused with the notorious Doctor Faustus.