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Auteur(s) : Bod, Rens (1965-....)
Titre(s) : A new history of the Humanities [Texte imprimé] : the search for principles and patterns from Antiquity to the Present / Rens Bod
Édition : First edition
Publication : Oxford ; New York (NY) : Oxford University Press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV, 384 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Many histories of science have been written, but A New History of the Humanities
offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present.
There are already historical studies of musicology, logic, art history, linguistics,
and historiography, but this volume gathers these, and many other humanities disciplines,
into a single coherent account. Its central theme is the way in which scholars throughout
the ages and in virtually all civilizations have sought to identify patterns in texts,
art, music, languages, literature, and the past. What rules can we apply if we wish
to determine whether a tale about the past is trustworthy? By what criteria are we
to distinguish consonant from dissonant musical intervals? What rules jointly describe
all possible grammatical sentences in a language? How can modern digital methods enhance
pattern-seeking in the humanities? Rens Bod contends that the hallowed opposition
between the sciences (mathematical, experimental, dominated by universal laws) and
the humanities (allegedly concerned with unique events and hermeneutic methods) is
a mistake born of a myopic failure to appreciate the pattern-seeking that lies at
the heart of this inquiry. A New History of the Humanities amounts to a persuasive
plea to give Panini, Valla, Bopp, and countless other often-overlooked intellectual
giants their rightful place next to the likes of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein."--Publisher's
description
Sujet(s) : Enseignement classique -- Moyen âge
Enseignement classique -- 1500-1800
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199665211. - ISBN 0199665214 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45216109j
Notice n° :
FRBNF45216109
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