Cultures of Knowledge

Technology in Chinese History
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-21844-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 103, 396 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 798 g

Reihe: Sinica Leidensia

Looking at knowledge transmission as a cultural feature, this book isolates and examines the individual factors that affect knowledge in the making and created uniquely Chinese cultures of knowledge. The volume is organized into four sections: Internode, Imperial Court, Agora, and Scholarly Arts. Each has a theoretical introduction, followed by two core contributions from experts in Chinese history. The section concludes with a ‘reflection’ by a historian of Western Technology who scrutinizes each sphere and identifies the points that reflect universal technological experience. The combination of broadly sketched theoretical introductions and detailed core contributions provides an unparalleled insight into pre-modern Chinese history from the Song to early Qing dynasty, revealing Chinese attitudes towards innovation and invention.

Zielgruppe

Those who are interested in questions of knowledge transmission, cultural contexts of individual technologies in China and throughout East Asia such as porcelain, silk, agriculture and parallels to be found in medieval Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schäfer, Dagmar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaftspolitik, Wissenschaftsförderung

Über Autor(innen)

Schäfer, Dagmar
Dagmar Schäfer heads a Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Her latest book is The Crafting of the 10,000 Things, Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth Century China, (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2011).