Curating the Enlightenment : Johann Daniel Major and the experimental century / Vera Keller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, Vera, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Europe--History--18th century.

Education, Higher.

Enlightenment--Europe--History.

Enlightenment.

Research institutes--Europe--History--18th century.

Research institutes.

Knowledge, Theory of--History--18th century.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Learning and scholarship--Europe--History--18th century.

Learning and scholarship.

Major, Johann Daniel, 1634-1693--Influence.

Major, Johann Daniel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) : digital, PDF file(s), illustrations, map

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In late seventeenth-century Europe, scholars crafted the research university as a haven for critical inquiry in defiance of political and economic pressures. Across new fields, from experimental science to archaeology and museology, academics abandoned established intellectual practices and curated the concept of the research discipline itself"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Part 1. Introduction. The dream of the butterfly

Major's life and setting

Part 2. Approaches to Knowledge. The making of a research scholar

The history of learning and research infrastructures

Part 3. Reworking Disciplines. Anthropology

Lithology

Archaeology

Part 4. Spaces of Knowledge. Experimental philosophy

Museology

Part 5. Conclusion. The light of nature and the uses of knowledge

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on December 6, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781009506847

1009506846

9781009506816

1009506811

9781009506854

1009506854