Rens Bod (Professor at the Institute for Logic, Language, and Compu

A New History of the Humanities

The Search for Principles and Patterns from Antiquity to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9780198758396
• ISBN-10: 0198758391
• Artikelnr.: 47865302

Autorenporträt

Rens Bod is a professor at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on linguistics and the history of the humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: Introduction: The Quest for Principles and Patterns
2: Antiquity: The Dawn of the 'Humanities'
3: Middle Ages: The Universal and the Particular
4: Early Modern Era: The Unity of the Humanities
5: Modern Era: The Humanities Renewed
6: Conclusions: Insights from the Humanities that Changed the World
Appendix A. A Note about Method
Appendix B. Most Important Chinese Dynasties