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Transformations of knowledge in Dutch expansion /

In the 17th and 18th centuries, people, objects, and texts travelled around the world aboard Dutch ships. This book explores how these circulations transformed the knowledge in Asian and European societies. It focuses on epistemic changes in historiography, geography, religion, philosophy as well as...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Friedrich, Susanne (Éditeur intellectuel), Brendecke, Arndt (Éditeur intellectuel), Ehrenpreis, Stefan (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2015]
Collection:Pluralisierung & Autorität ; Bd. 44.
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Résumé:In the 17th and 18th centuries, people, objects, and texts travelled around the world aboard Dutch ships. This book explores how these circulations transformed the knowledge in Asian and European societies. It focuses on epistemic changes in historiography, geography, religion, philosophy as well as in everyday life. Emphasizing transformations, the volume reconstructs semantic shifts of knowledge as well as adjustments to new cultural contexts.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110366174
3110366177
9783110366181
3110366185
3110370964
9783110370966
ISSN:2076-8281 ;