Screen LibraryWhat is the history of knowledge? /
This introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge and how it differs from the history of other fields. Peter Burke draws upon examples of this new kind of history from different periods and from the history of India, East Asia and the Islamic world as wel...
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Polity,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge and how it differs from the history of other fields. Peter Burke draws upon examples of this new kind of history from different periods and from the history of India, East Asia and the Islamic world as well as from Europe and the Americas. He discusses some of the main concepts used by scholars working in the field, among them order of knowledge, situated knowledge and knowledge society . This book tells the story of the transformation of relatively raw information into knowledge via processes of c |
| Carrier Form: | 156 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780745669830 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0745669832 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9780745669847 (paperback : alkaline paper) 0745669840 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | BD175 |
| CLC: |
C912.67 G302 |
| Call Number: | C912.67/B959 |
| Contents: | Knowledges and their histories -- Concepts -- Processes -- Problems and prospects -- Timeline. |