The Interlopers : Early Stuart Projects and the Undisciplining of Knowledge /

"A reframing of how scientific knowledge was produced in the early modern world. Many accounts of the scientific revolution portray it as a time when scientists disciplined knowledge by first disciplining their own behavior. According to these views, scientists such as Francis Bacon produced ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Keller, Vera, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Technology.
Science.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Intellectual life.
Imperialism and science.
SCIENCE / History.
HISTORY / Social History.
Imperialism and science > Great Britain.
Knowledge, Theory of > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Technology > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Science > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The political economy of projects
  • Cast of characters
  • "Projectors are commonly the best naturalists" : knowledge practices
  • Statecraft : "swimming between two waters" in global policy
  • Transplanters of empire : forcing nature and labor
  • Active knowledge : a turn against the liberal arts
  • Unlimited invention.

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