| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 400 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Conventions; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; History of Empires, History of Ignorance; Actors, Institutions, Places, Period; Terminology and the Questions a History of Ignorance Asks; Disclaimers: The Author's Ignorances; 1 Politics and Economy: Nationalizing Economics; The Constructive Power of Non-Knowledge; Norms as Specifiers of National Non-Knowledge; Baldus versus Grotius: Conceiving the Empires and Their Unknowns; Conclusion: Operative National Non-Knowledge |
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2 Religion: Empires Ignoring, Learning, Forgetting ReligionsEntangling Powers of Non-Knowledge between West and East (Greek Church, Samaritans, Phoenicians); English Chaplains versus French State Catholicism: Conditions and Functions of Non-Knowledge Communication; Comparison and Conclusion; 3 History: How to Cope with Unconscious Ignorance; The Forgotten Arabic Middle Ages; Growing Awareness; Structure Replaces Content; Standardization and Spatialization; Conclusion; 4 Science: Mediterranean Empires and Scientific Unknowns; From Avicenna to the Queries of the Royal Society (1692) |
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Enlightened FalsificationsFrom Natural History to Nation's History; Conclusion: Scientific Unknowns and the Mediterranean; Conclusion; Historicizing Ignorance, Synchronizing Empires; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book offers a new approach to understanding the history of ignorance across politics, religion, history and science during the early Enlightenment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Imperialism -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
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Imperialism -- Foreign relations -- France
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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Commerce
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International relations
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Mediterranean Region -- Commerce -- History -- 17th century
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Mediterranean Region -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century
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Mediterranean Region -- Relations -- Great Britain
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Mediterranean Region -- Relations -- France
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France
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Great Britain
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Mediterranean Region
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Mittelmeerraum
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316754306 |
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1316754308 |
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9781316748510 |
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1316748510 |
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9781316711040 |
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1316711048 |
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1316617505 |
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9781316617502 |
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9781316744659 |
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1316744655 |
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