Biblical Scholarship, Science and Politics in Early Modern England - Thomas Browne and the Thorny Place of Knowledge (Paperback)

Kevin Killeen addresses one of the most enigmatic of seventeenth century writers, Thomas Browne (1605-1682), whose voracious intellectual pursuits provide an unparalleled insight into how early modern scholarly culture understood the relations between its disciplines. Browne's work encompasses biblical commentary, historiography, natural history, classical philology, artistic propriety and an encyclopaedic coverage of natural philosophy. This book traces the intellectual climate in which such disparate interests could cohere, locating Browne within the cultural and political matrices of his time. While Browne is most frequently remembered for the magnificence of his prose and his temperamental poise, qualities that knit well with the picture of a detached, apolitical figure, this work argues that Browne's significance emerges most fully in the context of contemporary battles over interpretative authority, within the intricately linked fields of biblical exegesis, scientific thought, and politics. Killeen's work centres on a reassessment of the scope and importance of Browne's most elaborate text, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, his vast encyclopaedia of error with its mazy series of investigations and through this explores the multivalent nature of early-modern enquiry.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2009
Authors:	Kevin Killeen
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-25950-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-25950-0
Barcode:	9781138259508

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