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Cambridge University Press The Evolving Rationality of Rational Expectations
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Cambridge University Press Natural Law Theories in the Early Enlightenment
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Cambridge University Press Dict State Plan Soc Thy Ger Dem Rep
Book SynopsisThis book examines the way communist East Germany worked from the point of view of its experts in law, economics, philosophy and cybernetics. The state-socialist countries aimed for a post-capitalist modernization, which they hoped to achieve by way of dictatorship. This failed combination of dictatorship and social transformation contains lessons that remain relevant today.Trade Review'This is an important book. It provides a rare, concise and penetrating analysis of East German theorists' reactions to the evolving problems of socialism in the GDR … a highly readable introduction to some of the major intellectual debates during the Ulbricht years … excellent book … Caldwell has written an important study which will reward its readers with a much more sophisticated understanding of the GDR and its intellectual climate. For this reason, the book is not just important reading for those interested in social and political theory, but also for those interested in the political, cultural and everyday history of the GDR.' German History'… engaging and thoroughly readable …' Totalitarianism and Democracy'… Peter C. Caldwell's present work superbly details how the GDR's own economists and intellectuals had clearly foreseen, already in the 1950s, the quagmire, and tyranny, that an 'economically planned' and 'consciously directed' society would lead to. In an engaging and thoroughly readable monograph, Caldwell examines the economy, law, and social philosophy in the GDR from 1949 to 1968 … Caldwell's project is ambitious, broad, and largely successful.' Totalitarismus und DemokratieTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: modernization, modernity and the plan; 1. The economics of state socialism: productivity and the law of value; 2. The legal theory of state socialism: socialist legality, the laws of historical development and the plan; 3. Philosophy and state socialism: consciousness, dialectical materialism and hope; 4. From planning metaphysics to cybernetics: planning, technique and politics after revisionism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Revolution Economics and Religion
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Cambridge University Press The Humane Comedy
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Cambridge University Press William Harveys Natural Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Winstanley The Law of Freedom and Other Writings
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Cambridge University Press Toleration in Enlightenment Europe
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Cambridge University Press Rousseau and Geneva From the First Discourse to The Social Contract 17491762 46 Ideas in Context Series Number 46
Book SynopsisRousseau and Geneva reconstructs the main aspects of Genevan socio-economic, political and religious thought in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this way Dr Rosenblatt effectively contextualizes the development of Rousseau's thought from the First Discourse through to the Social Contract. Over time Rousseau has been adopted as a French thinker, but this adoption obscures his Genevan origin. Dr Rosenblatt points out that he is, in fact, a Genevan thinker and illustrates that Rousseau's classical republicanism, his version of natural law theory, his civil religion and his hostility to the arguments of doux commerce theorists are all responses to the political use of such arguments in Geneva. The author also points out that it was this relationship with Geneva that played an integral part in his development into an original political thinker.Trade Review'… the first published book in English that integrates Constant's views on religion and his ideas on politics … The great merit of Helena Rosenblatt's erudite andinsightful book is that it sheds fresh light on how Constant achieved his goal and how he remained faithful to it to the very end of his agitated and controversial life.' The Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Note on translation; List of abbreviations; Introduction. Rousseau in a Genevan context; 1. The formation of a 'citizen of Geneva'; 2. Rousseau becomes Rousseau, 1751–4: Geneva, doux commerce, and Rousseau from the First to the Second Discourse; 3. Rousseau and natural law: the context; 4. Rousseau and natural law: the Second Discourse; 5. The 'invisible chain': Rousseau and Geneva from the Second Discourse to the Social Contract; 6. The Social Contract; Epilogue; Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Colonial Psychiatry and the African Mind
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Cambridge University Press Machiavelli Hobbes Liberal Rep Eng
Book SynopsisThis book argues that some English writers of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were not adherents to classical republicanism and hostile to liberalism, but contributed to a synthesis of the two. The synthesis they provide offers a politically engaged citizenry as well as the protection of individual rights.Trade Review"A splendid book, well argued and carefully researched." P. Coby, Smith College, Choice"Important and insightful...a valuable contribution to the study of early-modern political thought that extends beyond illuminating such seminal thinkers--itself an impressive feat--and goes further to provide a comprehensive acocunt of the way in which a number of well-defined ideas and principles shaped the development of nascent liberal and republican theory in England." APSA Perspectives on Politics"This is an important, original, scholarly, and powerfully argued book. Though its primary readership will probably be political scientists--and especially theorists--it also has much to tell scholars whose main interests are in early modern British--and, indeed, American--history." H-Albion"Sullivan's style is clear and uncluttered" - Conal Condren, University of New South Wales, Australia"This is an important, original, scholarly, and powerfully argued book. Though its primary readership will probably be political scientists--and especially theorists--it also has much to tell scholars whose main interests are in early modern British--and, indeed, American--history." - Johann Sommerville, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, H-NETTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Foundations of Liberal Republicanism: 1. Machiavelli's republicanism; 2. Hobbes on peace, the passions and politics; Part II. The Formation of the Synthesis: 3. Marchamont Nedham and the beginnings of a Liberal republicanism; 4. The distinctive modern republicanism of James Harrington; 5. Henry Neville's proposal for a republic under the form of monarchy; 6. Algernon Sidney as anticipator of Locke and secret admirer of Machiavelli; 7. Cato's thought as the reconciliation of Machiavellian republicanism and Lockean liberalism; Conclusion; Works cited; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Case for The Enlightenment
Book SynopsisAn interesting and ambitious comparative study of the emergence of Enlightenment in Scotland and Naples. Challenging the tendency to fragment the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Europe into multiple Enlightenments, John Robertson demonstrates the extent to which thinkers in two societies at the opposite ends of Europe shared common intellectual preoccupations.Trade Review'I look forward … to the debates that this fine book will produce.' The Times Literary Supplement'John Robertson's excellent new book presents a sustained comparison of intellectual life in Naples and Scotland … in order - among other things - to argue against Israel's revisionist periodisation.' The Philosophers' MagazineTable of ContentsPreface; 1. The case for the Enlightenment; 2. Scotland and Naples in 1700; 3. The intellectual worlds of Naples and Scotland 1680–c.1725; 4. The predicament of 'kingdoms governed as provinces'; 5. Vico, after Bayle; 6. Hume, after Bayle and Mandeville; 7. The advent of Enlightenment: political economy in Naples and Scotland 1730–1760; Conclusion: the Enlightenment vindicated?; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Commonwealth Principles
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Cambridge University Press SelfInterest Before Adam Smith A Genealogy of Economic Science 68 Ideas in Context Series Number 68
Book SynopsisA study of the history of the concept of self-interest before Adam Smith, in order to understand what it meant when Adam Smith used it as an axiom in The Wealth of Nations. The author shows that Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' yet integrates it at the same time.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Self-interest as a first principle; 2. Epicurean vs. stoic schemes; 3. Self-interest and reason; 4. Passions, interests and society; 5. Interested and disinterested commerce; 6. Self-interest and the public good; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Logic Signs and Nature in the Renaissance The Case of Learned Medicine 62 Ideas in Context Series Number 62
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Cambridge University Press Descartes Cogito Saved from the Great Shipwreck
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Cambridge University Press Essays on Kants Anthropology
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Cambridge University Press Dante the Medieval Other World 8 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 8
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Cambridge University Press Otto Neurath Phil between Science Philosophy between Science and Politics Ideas in Context Series Number 38
Book SynopsisFour distinguished authors have been brought together to produce this elegant study of a much-neglected figure. Exploring Neurath's biographical background as well as his theory of science, this timely publication is a major contribution to our understanding of analytical philosophy.Trade Review'The result is a well constructed, lucid and erudite exposition of the scientific philosophy of Neurath.' English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. A Life Between Science and Politics: 1. Before Munich; 1.1. Early years; 1.2. War economics; 1.3. During the First World War; 2. The socialisation debate; 2.1. Setting the problem; 2.2. Bauer and Korsch; 2.3. The standard of living; 2.4. Neurath on the structure of the socialist economy; 2.5. The road to socialisation; 2.6. Neurath's position in the debate; 3. In the Bavarian revolution; 3.1. The appointment; 3.2. In office; 3.3. On trial; 4. In Red Vienna; 4.1. People's education; 4.2. The Housing Movement; 4.3. The Museum of Economy and Society; 4.4. The Vienna Circle; 4.5. Exile in The Hague and Oxford; Part II. On Neurath's Boat: 1. The Boat: Neurath's image of knowledge; 2. In the First Vienna Circle; 2.1. Three hypotheses; 2.2. Mach's legacy; 2.3. The 1910 programme; 3. From the Duhem Thesis to the Neurath Principle; 3.1. Normative antifoundationalism 3.2. Radical descriptive antifoundationalism; 3.3. Metatheoretical antifoundationalism; 4; Rationality without foundations; 4.1; The primacy of practical reason; 4.2. Determining the conventions of science; 4.3. The second Boat: one world; 5. A theory of scientific discourse; 5.1. Anti-philosophy, Marxism and radical physicalism; 5.2. The forward defense of naturalism; 5.3. Science as discourse: the theory of protocols; 6. Towards a theory of practice; Part III. Unity on the Earthly Plane: 1. Two stories with a common theme; 2. Science: the stock of instruments; 2.1. From re-represention to action; 2.2. Unity without the pyramid; 3. The attack on method; 3.1. Boats and Ballungen; 3.2. Protocols, precision and atomicity; 3.3. The two Neurath Principles; 4; Where Ballungen come from; 4.1. Duhem's symbols; 4.2. The congestion of events; 4.3. The density of concepts; 4.4. The separability of planning and politics; 4.5. How Marxists think of history; 5. Negotiation, not regulation; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Leibniz and His Correspondents
Book SynopsisUnlike most of the other great philosophers Leibniz never wrote a magnum opus, so his philosophical correspondence is essential for an understanding of his views. This collection of essays by pre-eminent figures in the field of Leibniz scholarship is a most thorough account of Leibniz's philosophical correspondence.Trade Review'Often the papers do not deal simply with the doctrines discussed in the various exchanges but throw light on aspects of Leibnizian biography, and portray him as a real historical character with personal agendas, not merely as an abstract mind … a valuable addition to Leibniz scholarship.' Roger Woolhouse, University of York'The idea on which this volume is predicated - that we have much to gain from taking a closer look at the correspondences themselves - is therefore germane to any serious analysis of Leibniz's thought … The result is a collection of good to excellent papers arising from a conference on 'Leibniz and His Correspondents' held at Tulane University in March 2001 and organized by the editor … As a whole, this is one of the very best collections of papers on Leibniz to have appeared in recent years. It not only advances our knowledge of a number of philosophically rich exchanges between Leibniz and his contemporaries; it also makes a critical historiographical point regarding the necessity of studying philosophical texts by taking fully into account the genre and the context in which they were written. In doing so it helps set an important agenda for future Anglo-American research in the history of philosophy.' British Journal for the History of PhilosophyTable of ContentsContributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Paul Lodge; 2. Leibniz and his master: the correspondence with Jakob Thomasius Christia Mercer; 3. A philosophical apprenticeship: Leibniz's correspondence with the secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg Philip Beeley; 4. The Leibniz-Foucher alliance and its philosophical bases Stuart Brown; 5. Leibniz to Arnauld: platonic and aristotelian themes on matter and corporeal substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 6. Leibniz and Fardella: body, substance and idealism Daniel Garber; 7. Leibniz's exchange with the Jesuits in China Franklin Perkins; 8. Leibniz's close encounter with cartesianism in the correspondence with De Volder Paul Lodge; 9. 'All the time and everywhere everything's the same as here': the principle of uniformity in the correspondence between Leibniz and Lady Masham Pauline Phemister; 10. Idealism declined: Leibniz and Christian Wolff Donald Rutherford; 11. On substance and relations in Leibniz's correspondence with Des Bosses Brandon Look; 12. '[…] et je serai tousjours la même pour vous': personal, political and philosophical dimensions of the Leibniz-Caroline correspondence Gregory Brown; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Leibniz and China
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Cambridge University Press Wm Robertson Expansion of Empire 45 Ideas in Context Series Number 45
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Cambridge University Press Becoming Historical
Book SynopsisThis book examines the ways in which selfhood and cultural solidarity came to be understood and lived as historical identities in Prussia during the 1800s, and looks at the remarkable groups of artists and thinkers who became associated with the cultural agenda of the regime during that time.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'In Becoming Historical, John Toews provides a challenging and thought-provoking reworking of the cultural and intellectual history of Berlin in the early nineteenth century. The analysis Toews offers is sophisticated, subtle and perceptive, providing new perspectives both on the 'old chestnuts' of German intellectual history and on the cultural politics of nationhood. It will undoubtedly emerge as a key text on the cultural and intellectual history of this period.' English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Philosophical prologue: historical ontology and cultural reformation: Schelling in Berlin, 1841–5; Part I. Historicism in Power: 1840 and the Historical Turn in Prussian Cultural Politics: 1. Nation, church, and the politics of historical identity: Frederick William IV's vision of cultural reformation; 2. 'Redeemed nationality': Christian Bunsen and the transformation of ethnic peoples into ethical communities under the guidance of the historical principle; Part II. Architectural and Musical Historicism: Aesthetic Education and Cultural Reformation: 3. Building historical identities in space and stone: Schinkel's search for the shape of ethical community; 4. The generation of ethical community from the spirit of music: Mendelssohn's musical constructions of historical identity; Part III. Law, Language, and History: Cultural Identity and the Self-Constituting Subject in the Historical School: 5. The tension between immanent and transcendent subjectivity in the Historical School of Law: from Savigny to Stahl; 6. The past as a foreign home: Jacob Grimm and the relation between language and historical identity; 7. Ranke and the Christian-German state: contested historical identities and the transcendent foundations of the historical subject; Antiphilosophical Epilogue: historicizing self-identity in Kierkegaard and Marx, 1841–6; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Jesuit Political Thought The Society of Jesus and the State c15401630 Ideas in Context Series Number 70
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Cambridge University Press Contesting Cultural Authority
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Cambridge University Press Locke
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1960, this analysis of all of Locke's publications quickly became established as the standard edition of the Treatises as well as a work of political theory in its own right.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The book; 2. Locke the man and Locke the writer; 3. Two Treatises of Government and the Revolution of 1688; 4. Locke and Hobbes; 5. The social and political theory of Two Treatise of Government; Appendices; Editorial note; Preface; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Christ and the Just Society in the Thought of Augustine
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Cambridge University Press Machiavelli and Empire 71 Ideas in Context Series Number 71
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Cambridge University Press The Religion of Humanity
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Cambridge University Press On the History of the Idea of Law
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Cambridge University Press Science and Religion
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Cambridge University Press The Roman Clan
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Cambridge University Press Erasmus Contarini and the Religious Republic of Letters
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Cambridge University Press Erasmus on His Times
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Cambridge University Press The Sociological Domain The Durkheimians and the Founding of French Sociology
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Cambridge University Press Marxs Theory of Politics
Book SynopsisThis is an important book because of the exceptional combination of historical and theoretical perspectives Dr Maguire brings to the examination of Marx's theory of politics. Although he does not attempt to solve all the problems of applying Marxism to the twentieth century, he has provided a clear and comprehensive account of Marx's approach in, and to, his own time.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The early theory of politics; 2. Perspectives on revolution: Marx's position on the eve of 1848; 3. Germany : revolution and counterrevolution; 4. Reflections on the reaction in France; 5. Problems of political action; 6. Politics in the mature economic theory; 7. The later political writings; 8. Aspects of the general theory; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Culture Wars
Book SynopsisThis book is about the struggle that broke out between secular and religious forces in late nineteenth-century Europe. With its genuinely European focus and its innovative approach, this volume offers a fresh and revealing perspective on one of the main formative conflicts of modern European history.Trade Review'… succeed[s] in raising some fascinating questions about the religious history of Europe.' Church of England Newspaper'This collection makes an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of one of the nineteenth century's most important developments.' Contemporary Review'… fascinating reading … the indispensable work on a neglected subject.' Diocese of Brandon Review' … an excellent teaching volume, more useful in many ways than some of the more narrowly focused texts of a particular national field.' Catholic Books Review'… an excellent teaching volume …'. H-France Book Reviews'The editors should be commended for assembling an impressively balanced collection … all contributors reach high standards of research and exposition.' History'…the editors of Culture Wars are to be congratulated for having brought together so many illuminating cases in such a coherent fashion … Culture Wars is likely to become essential reading for advanced university courses on nineteenth-century European history.' Nations and NationalismTable of ContentsList of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction: the European culture wars Christopher Clark and Wolfram Kaiser; 1. The New Catholicism and the European culture wars Christopher Clark; 2. 'Clericalism - that is our enemy!': European anticlericalism and the culture wars Wolfram Kaiser; 3. 'Priest hits girl': on the front line in the 'war of the two Frances' James McMillan; 4. The battle for monasteries, cemeteries and schools: Belgium Els Witte; 5. Contested rituals and the battle for public space: the Netherlands Peter Jan Margry and Henk te Velde; 6. Nonconformity, clericalism and 'Englishness': the United Kingdom J. P. Parry; 7. The assault on the city of the Levites: Spain Julio de la Cueva; 8. Roma o morte: culture wars in Italy Martin Papenheim; 9. Enemies at the gate: the Moabit Klostersturm and the Kulturkampf: Germany Manuel Borutta; 10. Village quarrels and national controversies: Switzerland Heidi Bossard-Borner; 11. The counter-reformation's last stand: Austria Laurence Cole; 12. The uncivil origins of civil marriage: Hungary Robert Nemes; Annotated bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Resistance and Compromise
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Cambridge University Press Sister Peg A Pamphlet Hitherto Unknown by David Hume Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Pragmatism
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Cambridge University Press Nikolay Novikov
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Cambridge University Press Sartre and Les Temps Modernes 18 Cambridge Studies in French Series Number 18
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Cambridge University Press Descartes Meditations
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Cambridge University Press A Machiavellian Treatise Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics
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Cambridge University Press Bertrand Russell and Trinity
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Cambridge University Press Vladimir Akimov on the Dilemmas of Russian Marxism 1895 1903
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Cambridge University Press Petrarchs Humanism and the Care of the Self
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Cambridge University Press The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science
Book SynopsisPeter Harrison shows how the approaches to the study of nature that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were directly informed by theological discussions about the Fall of Man and the extent to which the mind and the senses had been damaged by that primeval event.Trade Review'Peter Harrison assembles mountains of evidence in support of his thesis that early modern debates about the acquisition of knowledge were dominated by the Augustinian belief that the 'fall' of Adam in the Garden of Eden not only deprived Adam's mind and senses of their original perfection, but also led to the loss of intellectual capacity in all of humanity. The promotion and practice of experimental science, he argues, were meant to counter these epistemological effects of original sin. This is a brilliantly written and persuasively argued book, which will be required reading for anybody interested in the influence of religion on early modern scientific method and epistemology.' David C. Lindberg, University of Wisconsin'Among those who have shown the relevance in methods of biblical interpretation to the investigation of nature, Peter Harrison writes with particular distinction. Here he examines questions of great moment to students of nature in seventeenth-century England. How great was the knowledge lost by Adam at the Fall? To what extent, and by what means, could it be regained? His arresting thesis is that competing accounts of scientific method can be correlated with different assessments of the Fall and its consequences. The outcome is a serious challenge to those who persist in the view that seventeenth-century science marked the triumph of secular reason over religious sensibility.' John Brooke, University of Oxford'I have learned much and have been stimulated to learn more about an area that the author has succeeded, with immense learning and beautiful prose, in opening up to the nonscientist or historian of science.' Mark Elliott, Review of Biblical Literature'In this extraordinary book, Peter Harrison seeks to show how the biblical account of the Fall of Adam affected the status and pursuit of knowledge in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. … Harrison has produced a brilliant and important scholarly work. He has taken a theme to which few have paid much attention, and shows its significance in striking detail.' Edward Grant, Metascience'Anyone having read Peter Harrison's 'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment (1990, 2002) and The Bible, Protestantism and the Rise of Natural Science (1998, 2001), would expect his latest book to offer another outstanding study in the history of the relationship between science and religion, and they will not be disappointed.' Science and Christian Belief'The real strength of the book lies in its demonstration of just how persistent the idea of the restoration of Adamic knowledge was. If the thesis is overstated and not as general as the author makes out, what he has provided us with is nevertheless a highly enlightening discussion.' British Journal for the History of Science'I am sure that this book will reframe the reader's understanding of the epistemological development of modern science indicated in the title itself.… The substance of the book moves through the major philosophical, theological and scientific thinkers of the period. the result is a revisioning of the dynamics of the relationship between science, the Enlightenment and modernity. The advance of reason was not an inexorable one, but rather the initial focus was on its deficiencies and the misery of the human condition. Only gradually does a more familiar picture emerge. We are perhaps now more sensitive to our human limitations in the face of huge technological advances, so in this sense humility is appropriate. Readers of this remarkable book will arrive at a more complex and nuanced understanding of the origins of modern science.' Network Review'… one of the most insightful, carefully researched, tightly argued and helpful contributions on the relationship between the development of scientific knowledge and the influence of religion on that development that I have read.' Studia Historiae EcclesiasticaeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Adam's Encyclopaedia; 2. Augustine revived; 3. Seeking certainty in a fallen world; 4. Dethroning the idols; 5. The instauration of learning; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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