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The Construction and Transfer of Knowledge in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
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Published on 20. March 2019
408 pages
978-3-8394-4236-4 (ISBN)
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Since the dawn of humanity, people have developed concepts about themselves and the natural world in which they live. This volume aims at investigating the construction and transfer of such concepts between and within various ancient and medieval cultures. The single contributions try to answer questions concerning the sources of knowledge, the strategies of transfer and legitimation as well as the conceptual changes over time and space. After a comprehensive introduction, the volume is divided into three parts: The contributions of the first section treat various theoretical and methodological aspects. Two additional thematic sections deal with a special field of knowledge, i.e. concepts of the moon and of the end of the world in fire.
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Jochen Althoff, Universität Mainz, Deutschland
Jochen Althoff (Prof. Dr.) is a professor of ancient Greek at the University of Mainz. He has published on ancient science and philosophy, especially Aristotle, and organizes the yearly meeting of the research unit Ancient Science and its Reception and co-edits a publication series of the same name. Since 2013, he has been vice-speaker of the research training group Early Concepts of Humans and Nature. Universal, Specific, Interchanged.
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Dominik Berrens, Universität Innsbruck, Österreich
Dominik Berrens (Dr.) is a postdoctoral researcher in the project »NOSCEMUS - Nova Scientia: Early Modern Scientific Literature and Latin« at the University of Innsbruck. His research interests lie in pre-modern scientific texts and ancient drama.
Tanja Pommerening, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Deutschland
Tanja Pommerening (Prof. Dr.) ist Professorin für Ägyptologie an der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
