Brepols Online Books Other Miscellanea Collection 2019 - bob2019miot
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The Territories of Philosophy in Modern Historiography
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:The Territories of Philosophy in Modern Historiography show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: The Territories of Philosophy in Modern HistoriographyIn the recent past, critical discussions concerning notions such as ‘cultural area’ and ‘area studies’ - as well as their relativization by means of conceptions that avoid splitting clearly identified areas (inter alia, ‘third space’, ‘hybridity’, ‘diaspora’, or ‘cosmopolitanism’) - have drawn attention to the long history of cultural territorialization. This book attempts to open the history of philosophy to reflexive and globalizing tendencies elaborated in the field of ‘world history’. From the seventeenth century onward, in both modern Europe and North America, historical sciences - notably philosophical historiography and cultural history - colonized both the past (or national pasts) and the ‘rest’ of the world. The contributions gathered in this volume address both phenomena to the extent that they have been linked with modern historicization of philosophy, sciences, and culture.
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Transmission of Knowledge in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Transmission of Knowledge in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Transmission of Knowledge in the Late Middle Ages and the RenaissanceThe nineteenth century saw the rapid development of textual criticism for establishing the “best” and “most authentic” forms of both Ancient and Mediaeval texts thanks to the method perfected by Karl Lachmann, who based himself on the insights gained during the eighteenth century. Lachmann’s method has been further refined by later philologists, with, most interestingly, the use of computers in establishing the mutual relations of manuscript witnesses since the last decades of the twentieth century. However, the interest in what form the texts, both Ancient and Mediaeval, were actually circulating in the Late Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, has been slow to emerge as an area of scholarly interest. In other words: what did the readers actually get in front of their eyes, and acted upon as, say, doctors, historians, theologians between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries?
This volume explores the Late Medieval and Renaissance transmission of texts of different genres, languages and periods from the book historical point of view, taking into consideration not only the textual but also the material aspect of the traditions.
The authors include eminent specialists as well as mid- and early career scholars.
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