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Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how decisions are made in a fog of imperfect knowledge. Chance no longer appeared exceptional but normative—a prism for understanding the modern world.
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Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how de...
Specificaties
Auteur
Anders Engberg-Pedersen
Uitgever
Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V.
Taal
Engels
Aantal pagina's
336
Ondertitel
The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things
Formaat
Hardcover
Publicatiedatum
10 maart 2015
ISBN
9780674967649
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