Science, New Worlds, and the Classical Tradition
An Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12622608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Surekha Davies (Western Connecticut State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Early Modern History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1385-3783 • E-ISSN: 1570-0658 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700658-12342382 |
| OpenAlex | W2053839346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
The articles in this volume offer interventions in the history of encounters between new worlds and the intellectual traditions inherited from and informed by classical antiquity, in the period roughly spanning 1450-1850. Ranging in scope from medical treatments to devil-worship, from cosmography to climate theory, from rhetorical colloquies to the interpretation of widow-burning, they show how early modern scholars, artisans, and travelers drew on multiple cultural traditions within Europe, as well as on indigenous knowledge networks in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, in their attempts to incorporate new information into their existing world-view
Art · Epistemology · Indigenous · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Rhetorical question · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Theology · Worship · Anthropology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies · History · History of Science and Medicine · Philosophy · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |