The Democratization of Knowledge in Renaissance Italy : The Philosopher and the People (Scientiae Studies)

Sgarbi, Marco

Routledge（2025/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 284 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781041187639

Full Description

The book identifies to what extent it is possible to speak of a democratization of knowledge in Renaissance Italy. It establishes the boundaries of the present investigation within the Aristotelian tradition, and outlines democratization as a process capable of assigning power to people. It deals with how the democratization of knowledge historically is invested equally in ideas from religion and philosophy, involving the same democratizers, moved by similar intentions, employing identical techniques of vulgarization and targeting equivalent communities of recipients.

Contents

1 Introduction, 2 Tug of War, 3 Figures of Democratizers, 4 Intentions for Democratizing, 5 Tools of the Trade, 6 Communities of Recipients, 7 Epilogue, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Acknowledgements, Bibliography.