Literate Experience argues for the existence of certain shared patterns of intellectual association in the English 17 century, patterns that follow the outlines of Bacon's project of epistemological reform. Bacon's project offered a theory of how knowing as a private act could be transformed into a public one, an act related to the creation and maintenance of public authority. The question thus becomes, how did thinkers in the period reimagine civil society as a polity of knowledge? This study traces out a variety of ...
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Literate Experience argues for the existence of certain shared patterns of intellectual association in the English 17 century, patterns that follow the outlines of Bacon's project of epistemological reform. Bacon's project offered a theory of how knowing as a private act could be transformed into a public one, an act related to the creation and maintenance of public authority. The question thus becomes, how did thinkers in the period reimagine civil society as a polity of knowledge? This study traces out a variety of answers to that question, ranging from the Royal Society's communal rhetoric to the work of four literary writers who, in a variety of ways, problematize the notion that political society exists as a community of shared knowledge.
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Add this copy of Literate Experience: the Work of Knowing in Seventeenth to cart. $57.00, like new condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 2002 by Palgrave MacMillan.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0312293518. Stiff unmarked book in glossy dust jacket; about new.; 8.5 X 6.4 X 0.8 inches; 256 pages; Literate Experience argues for the existence of certain shared patterns of intellectual association in the English seventeenth century, patterns that follow the outlines of Bacon`s project of epistemological reform. Bacon`s project offered a theory of how knowing as a private act could be transformed into a public one, an act related to the creation and maintenance of public authority. The question thus becomes, how did thinkers in the period reimagine civil society as a polity of knowledge? This study traces out a variety of answers to that question, ranging from the Royal Society`s communal rhetoric to the work of four literary writers who, in a variety of ways, problematize the notion that political society exists as a community of shared knowledge.
Add this copy of Literate Experience: the Work of Knowing in Seventeenth to cart. $116.82, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2002 by Palgrave.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 0312293518.
