Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge

Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made...

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Other Authors: Schaffer, Simon. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tresch, John. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gagliardi, Pasquale. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42595-5
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505 0 |a Preface: Text And Context: Genius Loci; Pasquale Gagliardi -- Introduction; Simon Schaffer -- Part I. Visions -- 1. Re-Visioning The World: Mapping The Lithosphere; Adam Lowe And Jerry Brotton -- 2. Architects Of Knowledge; Pierre Chabard -- 3. Pictorialism (Prelude & Fugue); Cheryce Von Xylander -- 4. The Unending Quantity Of Objects: An Observation On Museums And Their Presentation Modes; Anke Te Heesen -- Part II. Worlds -- 5. Cosmopragmatics And Petabytes; John Tresch -- 6. Gaia Without The Sphere; Bruno Latour -- 7. Mapping Dark Matter And The Venice Paradox; David Turnbull -- Part III. Economies -- 8. The Web, Google And Cosmograms; Steve Crossan -- 9. Rhetoric, Economics, And Nature; Deirdre N. Mccloskey -- 10. Lodestar; Richard Powers. . 
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