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NEW KNOWLEDGE, DISTURBING AND ATTRACTIVE
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The emergence of the modern world, or, the ultimate paradigm shift in natural sciences, occurred considerably earlier than commonly assumed. Already in the sixteenth century several German authors indicated the extent to which numerous scientific discoveries had had an impact on the general mentality. The anonymous authors of the prose novels Historia D. Johann Fausten and Wagnerbuch project stunning images of their protagonists’ efforts to gain access to new knowledge and of how they desperately resort, because of their painfully felt human limitations, to necromancy. Although their pacts with the devil are regularly portrayed as extremely condemnable, the narratives themselves reveal an extraordinary fascination with transgressions against traditional knowledge. Both novels thinly mask the true attraction exerted by new scientific knowledge and geographical explorations.
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NEW KNOWLEDGE, DISTURBING AND ATTRACTIVE
in DaphnisSearch for other papers by Albrecht Classen in
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The emergence of the modern world, or, the ultimate paradigm shift in natural sciences, occurred considerably earlier than commonly assumed. Already in the sixteenth century several German authors indicated the extent to which numerous scientific discoveries had had an impact on the general mentality. The anonymous authors of the prose novels Historia D. Johann Fausten and Wagnerbuch project stunning images of their protagonists’ efforts to gain access to new knowledge and of how they desperately resort, because of their painfully felt human limitations, to necromancy. Although their pacts with the devil are regularly portrayed as extremely condemnable, the narratives themselves reveal an extraordinary fascination with transgressions against traditional knowledge. Both novels thinly mask the true attraction exerted by new scientific knowledge and geographical explorations.
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 437 | 95 | 21 |
| Gesamttextansichten | 107 | 9 | 0 |
| PDF-Downloads | 124 | 21 | 0 |
