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720	1		_aVan Groesen, Michiel _4edt
245	0	0	_aFar From the Truth _bDistance, Information, and Credibility in the Early Modern World
260			_bTaylor & Francis _c2024
300			_a1 online resource (277 p.)
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520			_aInformation 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.
536			_aNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ _2cc _uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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650		7	_aGeneral and world history _2bicssc
650		7	_aHistorical geography _2bicssc
720	1		_aMüller, Johannes _4edt
720	1		_aMüller, Johannes _4oth
720	1		_aVan Groesen, Michiel _4oth
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