Far From the Truth
Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did...
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| description | Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did notions of doubt develop in relation to intercultural encounters? Who were those in the position to use misinformation in their favour, and how did this affect trust? How, in other words, did distance affect credibility, and which intellectual and epistemological strategies did early modern Europe devise to cope with this problem?
The movement of information, and its transformations in the process of gathering, ordering, and disseminating, makes it necessary to employ both a global and a local perspective in order to understand its significance. The rise of print, leading to various new forms of mediation, played a crucial role everywhere, inspiring theories of modernization in which media served as agents of new connections and, eventually, of globalization. Paradoxically, during the entire period between 1500 and 1800, the demise of distance through various strategies of verification coincided with constructions of otherness that emphasized the cultural and geographical difference between Europe and the worlds it encountered.
Ten leading scholars of the early modern world address the relationship between distance, information, and credibility from a variety of perspectives. This volume will be an essential companion to those interested in the history of knowledge and early modern encounters, as well as specialists in the history of empire and print culture. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1319142025-03-20T05:19:38Z Far From the Truth Van Groesen, Michiel Müller, Johannes Credibility;Distance;Early Modern History;History;Information Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did notions of doubt develop in relation to intercultural encounters? Who were those in the position to use misinformation in their favour, and how did this affect trust? How, in other words, did distance affect credibility, and which intellectual and epistemological strategies did early modern Europe devise to cope with this problem? The movement of information, and its transformations in the process of gathering, ordering, and disseminating, makes it necessary to employ both a global and a local perspective in order to understand its significance. The rise of print, leading to various new forms of mediation, played a crucial role everywhere, inspiring theories of modernization in which media served as agents of new connections and, eventually, of globalization. Paradoxically, during the entire period between 1500 and 1800, the demise of distance through various strategies of verification coincided with constructions of otherness that emphasized the cultural and geographical difference between Europe and the worlds it encountered. Ten leading scholars of the early modern world address the relationship between distance, information, and credibility from a variety of perspectives. This volume will be an essential companion to those interested in the history of knowledge and early modern encounters, as well as specialists in the history of empire and print culture. 2023-12-13T04:03:32Z 2023-12-13T04:03:32Z 2023-12-12T12:58:13Z 2024 book OCN: 1414210781 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86070 9781032679242 9781032433912 9781003367079 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/131914 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86070/1/9781003845430.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86070/1/9781003845430.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86070/1/9781003845430.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86070/1/9781003845430.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003367079 10.4324/9781003367079 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek da087c60-8432-4f58-b2dd-747fc1a60025 9781032679242 9781032433912 9781003367079 Dutch Research Council (NWO) Routledge 277 open access |
| spellingShingle | Credibility;Distance;Early Modern History;History;Information Far From the Truth |
| title | Far From the Truth |
| title_full | Far From the Truth |
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| title_short | Far From the Truth |
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| topic | Credibility;Distance;Early Modern History;History;Information |
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