Renaissance Now! by Brendan Dooley
This volume directs a transdisciplinary gaze on the field of Renaissance Studies as currently practised in Europe, North America and beyond. The concept of the Renaissance as applied to a particular time and place is still regarded as being of central importance to the history of thought and culture. The essays collected here raise the question of the contemporary relevance of the Renaissance. What is the significance of doing Renaissance Studies now, not only in terms of the field per se, but in terms of what the field has to say to contemporary society? In the past, the field of Renaissance Studies has drawn themes and orientations from particular concerns of the moment, without losing its rigorous focus, and has given back crucial insights to those studying it. Could the same be said today? To facilitate a multifaceted answer, this book attempts to cover some of the principal areas of this interdisciplinary field within the humanities and social sciences. Contributors include specialists in history, languages and literatures, the history of science, cultural studies, art history, philosophy, sociology and politics.
Brendan Dooley is Professor of Renaissance Studies at University College Cork. His other publications include A Mattress Maker’s Daughter: The Renaissance Romance of Don Giovanni de’ Medici and Livia Vernazza (2014), Morandi’s Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics (2002), Science and the Marketplace in Early Modern Italy (2001) and, as editor, A Companion to Renaissance Astrology (2014).
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| ISBN 13 | 9783034307901 |
| ISBN 10 | 303430790X |
| Titel | Renaissance Now! |
| Autor | Brendan Dooley |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2014-07-18 |
| Seitenanzahl | 370 |
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