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Knowledge and religion in early modern Europe : studies in honor of Michael Heyd /

This collection of essays examines interplays of knowledge and religion in early modern thought. Spanning from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, it considers varied formations of knowledge and religion, knowledge about religion(s) and irreligious knowledge in early modern Europe.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ben-Tov, Asaph (Editor ), Deutsch, Yaacov (Editor ), Herzig, Tamar (Editor ), Heyd, Michael (honouree.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2013.
Colección:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; vol. 219.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Note on Contributors; Introduction; Part One Religion and Knowledge in the Age of the Reformation; Eruditio Ancilla Reformationis: Theodore Beza and the Uses of History in the Icones; General Confession and Self-Knowledge in Early Modern Catholicism; Part Two Medical and Scientific Knowledge; Imagination, Passions, and the Production of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe: From Lipsius to Descartes; Love for All: The Medical Discussion of Lovesickness in Jacob Zahalon's The Treasure of Life (Otzar ha-Hayyim); Part Three Knowledge of Non-Christian Religions.
  • Religious Rituals and Ethnographic Knowledge: Sixteenth-Century Descriptions of CircumcisionIslam, Eastern Christianity, and Superstition according to Some Early Modern English Observers; Pagan Gods in Late Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century German Universities: A Sketch; Part Four Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment; Between Representation and Impersonation: Rousseau on Theatre and Politics; The Invention of the Counter-Enlightenment: The Case for the Defense; Afterword: The Changing Contours of Early Modern Intellectual History; Michael Heyd: Selected Bibliography.