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portada Instrumentality: On Technical Objects and Orientations in the Later Middle Ages
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Physical Book
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Language
English
Pages
160
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
21.6x14x2 cm
Weight
0.28 kg.
ISBN13
9781517917388
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Instrumentality: On Technical Objects and Orientations in the Later Middle Ages

J. Allan Mitchell (Author) · University of Minnesota Press · Hardcover

Instrumentality: On Technical Objects and Orientations in the Later Middle Ages - Mitchell, J. Allan

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Synopsis "Instrumentality: On Technical Objects and Orientations in the Later Middle Ages"

From medieval to modern, exploring instrumental attitudes toward physical gadgets, diagrams, concepts, methods, and disciplines Opening up the instrumental condition of the human for critical reflection and renewal, Instrumentality illuminates key moments in the intellectual history of the European Middle Ages. J. Allan Mitchell reveals how, in the predigital past, we can recognize many of the operative technics, analytics, and metaphorics that continue to shape human sense and cognition today. Exploring the diverse modalities of medieval instruments, Mitchell's case studies encompass techniques as seemingly distinct as time-keeping mechanisms, mathematical diagrams, logical syllogisms, and the literary devices of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower. A cultural and intellectual history, Mitchell's work leads readers from three-dimensional objects (physical mechanisms) to two-dimensional inscriptions (maps and diagrams) and onward to overarching disciplinary norms in the early liberal and mechanical arts. Prying loose the subtle, adaptable, and generative concept of technical objects from limiting contemporary frameworks, he shows how these instruments are indispensable to the past--and the future--of the arts and culture at large.

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