A History of Curiosity - The Theory of Travel 1550-1800 (Paperback)

The author's grasp of the vast, often obscure, but highly interesting body of literature which emerged in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries commands the attention of a wide readership outside purely academic boundaries. Stagl weaves together a series of separate studies, emphasizing links between the figures, the philosophies and the literature of early modern times; links which have previously only been suspected.
In focusing on the "ars apodemica," or "art of travelling," a body of formal instruction on how to travel, observe and record the information gathered, Stagl demonstrates the origins of the characteristic inquisitive and systematizing spirit of the modern West.
"A History of Curiosity" examines the early methodology of anthropological and social research from a critical-historical perspective. The two principal methods of research, travel and the questionnaire, are studied in the context of the social conditions and intellectual trends of early modern times.

General

Imprint:	Harwood-Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Studies in Anthropology and History
Release date:	2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Justin Stagl
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-3-7186-5621-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	3-7186-5621-3
Barcode:	9783718656219

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