Jacob Moleschott A Transnational Biography
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Jacob Moleschott A Transnational Biography
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Author : Laura Meneghello
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Jacob Moleschott A Transnational Biography written by Laura Meneghello and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with History categories.
This is the first academic biography of the scientist and politician Jacob Moleschott (1822-1893). Based on a vast range of primary sources in German, Italian, Dutch, French, and Latin, it not only sheds new light on the history of materialism in the natural sciences, but also shows the deep entanglement of science, politics, and popularization in 19th-century Europe. Applying new methods from cultural history and the history of science, Laura Meneghello focuses on processes of knowledge circulation, transnational mobility, and the role of translation in 19th-century science.
Freethinkers In Europe
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Author : Carolin Kosuch
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-08-10
Freethinkers In Europe written by Carolin Kosuch and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-10 with Religion categories.
This volume brings together for the first time case studies on secularists of the 19th and early 20th centuries in national and transnational perspectives including examples from all over Europe. Its focus is on freethinkers taken as secular avant-gardes and early promoters of secularity. The authors of this book deal with multiple historical, religious, social, and cultural backgrounds and, in these contexts, analyze freethinkers' organizations, projects, networks, and contributions to forming a secular worldview, in particular, the promotion of concrete undertakings such as civil baptism or initiatives to leave church. Next to this secularist agenda, the contributions also take into account ambivalences and difficulties freethinkers were faced with, namely, the tensions between a national self-image and the transnational direction the movement has taken; the regional base of many projects and their transregional horizon; freethinkers' cultural programs and their immanent political mission; and the dialogue with respectively the conceptual distinction from other secularist groups. Readers interested in the history of secularity will learn that it was a heterogeneous enterprise already in its beginnings. This set the course for later European and global developments.
Representations Of Global Civility
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Author : Sascha R. Klement
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2021-05-31
Representations Of Global Civility written by Sascha R. Klement and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-31 with History categories.
Perhaps unexpectedly, English travel writing during the long eighteenth century reveals a discourse of global civility. By bringing together representations of the then already familiar Ottoman Empire and the largely unknown South Pacific, Sascha Klement adopts a uniquely global perspective and demonstrates how cross-cultural encounters were framed by Enlightenment philosophy, global interconnections, and even-handed exchanges across cultural divides. In so doing, this book shows that both travel and travel-writing from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries were much more complex and multi-layered than reductive Eurocentric histories often suggest.
Translation In Knowledge Knowledge In Translation
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Author : Rocío G. Sumillera
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2020-10-15
Translation In Knowledge Knowledge In Translation written by Rocío G. Sumillera and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume explores the intersection between Translation Studies and History and Philosophy of Science to shed light on the workings of scientific communities, the dissemination of knowledge across languages and cultures, and the transformation in the process of that knowledge and of the scientific communities involved, among other issues. Through a diachronic approach, from some chapters focussing on early modernity to others that explore the final decades of the twentieth century, and by considering myriad languages, from Latin to Hindi, the twelve chapters of this volume reflect specifically on: (A) processes of the construction and dissemination of knowledge through the work of specific agents (whether individuals or collectives); (B) the implementation of particular linguistic strategies and visual tools in the translation of knowledge and in the diffusion of translated knowledge; and (C) the role of institutions and governments in the devising and implementation of translation policies, as well as the impact of these.
Futures Of The Study Of Culture
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Author : Doris Bachmann-Medick
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-08-10
Futures Of The Study Of Culture written by Doris Bachmann-Medick and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-10 with Philosophy categories.
How can we approach possible but unknown futures of the study of culture? This volume explores this question in the context of a changing global world. The contributions in this volume discuss the necessity of significant shifts in our conceptual and epistemological frameworks. Taking into account changing institutional research settings, the authors develop pathways to future cultural research, addressing the crucial concerns of the cultural and social worlds themselves. The contributions thereby utilize contact zones within a wide range of disciplines such as cultural anthropology, sociology, cultural history, literary studies, the history of science and bioethics as well as the environmental and medical humanities. Examining emerging inter- and transdisciplinary points of reference, the volume invites scholars in the humanities and social sciences to take part in a conversation about theories, methods, and practices for the future study of culture.
Doing Cultural History
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Author : Judith Mengler
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2018-09-30
Doing Cultural History written by Judith Mengler and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-30 with History categories.
"Doing Cultural History" collects papers on a variety of topics. The issues addressed span from the 12th to the 21st century and include the communication of peace in written and pictorial sources, narrative structures in legal texts, masculinity and violence, and new research into Scottish medieval history as well as a comparison of religious theme parks and the perception of sorcery and false saintliness in early modern Spain.
Concepts Of Urban Environmental History
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Author : Sebastian Haumann
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Concepts Of Urban Environmental History written by Sebastian Haumann and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with History categories.
In history, cities and nature are often treated as two separate fields of research. »Concepts of Urban-Environmental History« aims to bridge this gap. The contributions to this volume survey major concepts and key issues which have shaped recent debates in the field. They address unresolved questions and future challenges. As a handbook, the collection offers a comprehensive overview for researchers and students, both from a historical and an interdisciplinary background.
Feeding The People
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Author : Rebecca Earle
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-25
Feeding The People written by Rebecca Earle 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 2020-06-25 with Business & Economics categories.
Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today they are the world's fourth most important food. How did this happen?
When Spinoza Met Marx
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Author : Tracie Matysik
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2023-01-23
When Spinoza Met Marx written by Tracie Matysik 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 2023-01-23 with Philosophy categories.
"How did Baruch Spinoza, the seventeenth-century Dutch-Jewish philosopher, become a nineteenth-century German Marxist? It is on its face an unlikely development. Karl Marx was a fiery revolutionary theorist who heralded the imminent demise of capitalism, while Spinoza was a contemplative philosopher who preached rational understanding and voiced skepticism about open rebellion. Further, Spinoza criticized all teleological ideas as anthropomorphic fantasies, while Marxism came to be associated expressly with teleological historical development. Yet socialists of the German nineteenth century were consistently drawn to Spinoza as their philosophical guide. Tracie Matysik shows how the metaphorical meeting of Spinoza and Marx arose out of an intellectual conundrum about the meaning of activity. How is it, exactly, that humans can be fully determined creatures - creatures in nature and governed by causal laws of nature - and also able to change their world? To address this seeming paradox, many revolutionary theorists scrapped the idea of activity as something autonomous humans do when they assert themselves against nature and its causal laws. Thinking with Spinoza, they came to think of activity instead as relating - as the state of relations between humans and between humans and the non-human world. Matysik follows these Spinozist-socialist intellectual experiments in the meaning of activity that unfolded across the nineteenth century, drawing lessons from them that may be meaningful for the environmental-justice issues confronting the contemporary world"--
Finding Inheriting Or Borrowing
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Author : Jochen Althoff
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2019-03-31
Finding Inheriting Or Borrowing written by Jochen Althoff and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-31 with History categories.
Since the dawn of humanity, people have developed concepts about themselves and the natural world in which they live. This volume aims at investigating the construction and transfer of such concepts between and within various ancient and medieval cultures. The single contributions try to answer questions concerning the sources of knowledge, the strategies of transfer and legitimation as well as the conceptual changes over time and space. After a comprehensive introduction, the volume is divided into three parts: The contributions of the first section treat various theoretical and methodological aspects. Two additional thematic sections deal with a special field of knowledge, i.e. concepts of the moon and of the end of the world in fire.