Knowledge and hermeneutic plagiarism during the Renaissance (1250-1650) : an archaeology of preservation, appropriation, and the invention of modern thought / by Heitor Matallo Junior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matallo Júnior, Heitor, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imitation in literature--History.

Imitation in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 309 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[Bradford] : Ethics International Press, 2025

Summary:

"Knowledge and Hermeneutic Plagiarism recounts the Renaissance from an unexpected angle: not as a cradle of originality, but as a laboratory of hermeneutical appropriation. From Pliny's imperial encyclopedism and Toledo's translations to the reinventions of Ficino, Vico, and Paracelsus, the book shows how copying, translating, and silencing were constitutive techniques of making knowledge. Rather than moralizing "plagiarism," the work reveals its structuring function: memory as selection, the canon as construction, and authority as the editing of the past. By tracing the transition from Italian patronage to the English moralization of usage and French standardization, an archaeology of modernity emerges in which to preserve is to define, and to innovate is to recombine. The result is a perceptive and provocative intellectual history that transforms our understanding of authorship and legacy—and explains why so many "origins" are, in fact, works of editing. This work is not only a contribution to intellectual history—it is an invitation to rethink the moral, cultural, and philosophical boundaries of authorship. Key audiences include historians of philosophy and Renaissance studies, scholars of intellectual history, hermeneutics, and philology, and researchers in the history of science and technology."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781837116256

1837116253

OCLC:

1563975215

Publisher Number:

90104154511