Ignorance : a global history

A rich, wide-ranging history of ignorance in all its forms, from antiquity to the present day Throughout history, every age has thought of itself as more knowledgeable than the last. Renaissance humanists viewed the Middle Ages as an era of darkness, Enlightenment thinkers tried to sweep superstitio...

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Auteur principal: Burke, Peter 1937- (Auteur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: New Haven London : Yale University Press, 2023
Sujets:Knowledge, Sociology of Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) Electronic books HISTORY / Social History Social & cultural history Unwissenheit Ideengeschichte
Description matérielle:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 310 Seiten)