Wissen und Geltung Interdisziplinäre Beiträge Zur Dynamik Kulturellen Wissens in Mittelalter und Neuzeit |
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| Editor:
| Wallura, Benjamin
Kaiser, Ronny
Noll, Frank Jasper
Selent, Cornelia
Spohner, Sabine |
| Series title: | Berliner Mittelalter- und Fruhneuzeitforschung Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8471-1061-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2019 |
| Publisher: | V&R Unipress
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $64.00 |
Book Description:
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In recent years, academic research in many fields in the humanities has focused on the various cultural strategies by which knowledge is produced. Such strategies, ranging from epistemic to aesthetic practices, may be designed to validate and reinforce such knowledge, or, on the contrary, to discredit it. Thus, the production of knowledge is always part of a series of complex dynamics, evolving from the varying attempts to affirm or reject it. Within an interdisciplinary scope, the...
More DescriptionIn recent years, academic research in many fields in the humanities has focused on the various cultural strategies by which knowledge is produced. Such strategies, ranging from epistemic to aesthetic practices, may be designed to validate and reinforce such knowledge, or, on the contrary, to discredit it. Thus, the production of knowledge is always part of a series of complex dynamics, evolving from the varying attempts to affirm or reject it. Within an interdisciplinary scope, the present volume brings together twelve case studies, ranging from the medieval to the early modern period, which focus precisely on these dynamics.