Fate and Fortune in European Thought, ca. 1400–1650
Title | Fate and Fortune in European Thought, ca. 1400–1650 PDF eBook |
Author | Ovanes Akopyan |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 2021-04-26 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9004459960 |
This collection of essays presents new insights into what shaped and constituted the Renaissance and early modern views of fate and fortune. It argues that these ideas were emblematic of a more fundamental argument about the self, society, and the universe and shows that their influence was more widespread, both geographically and thematically, than hitherto assumed.
Disaster in the Early Modern World
Title | Disaster in the Early Modern World PDF eBook |
Author | Ovanes Akopyan |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2023-11-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 100380165X |
How did early modern societies think about disasters, such as earthquakes or floods? How did they represent disaster, and how did they intervene to mitigate its destructive effects? This collection showcases the breadth of new work on the period ca. 1300-1750. Covering topics that range from new thinking about risk and securitisation to the protection of dikes from shipworm, and with a geography that extends from Europe to Spanish America, the volume places early modern disaster studies squarely at the intersection of intellectual, cultural and socio-economic history. This period witnessed fresh speculation on nature, the diffusion of disaster narratives and imagery and unprecedented attempts to control the physical world. The book will be essential to specialists and students of environmental history and disaster, as well as general readers who seek to discover how pre-industrial societies addressed some of the same foundational issues we grapple with today.
The Fate of Fortune in the Early Middle Ages
Title | The Fate of Fortune in the Early Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Jerold C. Frakes |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 206 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789004085442 |
The End of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity
Title | The End of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity PDF eBook |
Author | Arndt Brendecke |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2017-09-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3110452596 |
The late 16th century and the first half of the 17th century saw a final resurgence of the concept of Fortuna. Shortly thereafter, this goddess of chance and luck, who had survived for millennia, rapidly lost her cultural and intellectual relevance. This volume explores the late heyday and subsequent erasure of Fortuna. It examines vernacular traditions and confessional differences, analyses how the iconography and semantics of Fortuna motifs transformed, and traces the rise of complementary concepts such as those of probability, risk, fate and contingency. Thus, a multidisciplinary team of contributors sheds light on the surprising ways in which the end of Fortuna intersected with the rise of modernity.
Sophie's World
Title | Sophie's World PDF eBook |
Author | Jostein Gaarder |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | 544 |
Release | 2007-03-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466804270 |
One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" Before she knows it she is enrolled in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher. Thus begins Jostein Gaarder's unique novel, which is not only a mystery, but also a complete and entertaining history of philosophy.
The Collapse of Complex Societies
Title | The Collapse of Complex Societies PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Tainter |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780521386739 |
Dr Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new and far-reaching theory.
Artes Apodemicae and Early Modern Travel Culture, 1550–1700
Title | Artes Apodemicae and Early Modern Travel Culture, 1550–1700 PDF eBook |
Author | Karl A.E. Enenkel |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 359 |
Release | 2019-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004401067 |
An exploration of the early modern manuals on travelling (Artes apodemicae), which originated in the sixteenth century, when it became communis opinio among intellectuals that an extended tour abroad was an indispensable part of humanist, academic and political education.