Science, Politics and Universities in Europe, 1600-1800 (Hardcover, New Ed)

This book seeks to illustrate the interconnections of science and philosophy with religion and politics in the early modern period by focusing on the institutional dynamics of the university. Much of the work is devoted to one key university- that of Cambridge- and examines the major issues of the institutional setting of Newton's work, the religious and political circumstances that favoured its dissemination, and the way in which it was dealt with in the curriculum. But the author also seeks to place the problem of the role of science in the early modern university in a larger, European context. To do so, he includes a close prosopographical analysis of the scientific community from the mid-15th TO the end of the 18th century, and discusses the complex relations between the universities and the Enlightenment.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Variorum Collected Studies
Release date:	1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	John Gascoigne
Dimensions:	224 x 150mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-86078-767-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-86078-767-2
Barcode:	9780860787679

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