Renn, Jürgen (Editor)
Edition Open Access
Physical Details: 866 pp.; ill.; index
Language: English
Today scientific, technological and cultural knowledge is shared worldwide. The extent to which globalized knowledge also existed in the past is an open question and, moreover, a question that is important for understanding present processes of globalization. This book, the first volume of the series "Studies" of the "Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge," the result of an interdisciplinary cooperation launched in 2007 by a Dahlem Conference, offers surprising answers to this question. Long-distance and intercontinental connections with an attendant spread of knowledge are as old as Homo sapiens themselves. Since its inception, the globalization of knowledge has been a process with its own dynamics, interfering significantly with other processes of intercultural transmission. The four parts of this volume address historical phases in which the production, transmission and transformation of knowledge were crucial for advancing these processes. Part 1 investigates a series of processes in the very early phases of globalization, from the transmission of practical knowledge to the emergence of science. Part 2 explores how knowledge was disseminated as a consequence of the spread of power and belief structures. Part 3 deals with the encounters between culturally specific knowledge and globalized knowledge. Part 4 is dedicated to the globalization of modern science and to the great challenges, such as energy supply and climate change, that humanity faces when dealing with knowledge today.
...MoreDescription Partial contents:
Review Warburton, David A. (2015) Review of "The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop". Journal of Global History (pp. 198-200).
Chapter Hyman, Malcolm D.; Renn, Jürgen (2012) Survey: From Technology Transfer to the Origins of Science. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 75-104).
Chapter Potts, Daniel T. (2012) Technological Transfer and Innovation in Ancient Eurasia. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 105-123).
Chapter Cancik-Kirschbaum, Eva (2012) Writing, Language and Textuality: Conditions for the Transmission of Knowledge in the Ancient Near East. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 125-151).
Chapter Damerow, Peter (2012) The Origins of Writing and Arithmetic. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 153-173).
Chapter Grasshoff, Gerd (2012) Globalization of Ancient Knowledge: From Babylonian Observations to Scientific Regularities. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 175-190).
Chapter Schiefsky, Mark (2012) The Creation of Second-Order Knowledge in Ancient Greek Science as a Process in the Globalization of Knowledge. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 191-202).
Chapter Schemmel, Matthias (2012) The Transmission of Scientific Knowledge from Europe to China in the Early Modern Period. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 269-293).
Chapter Krawietz, Birgit (2012) Normative Islam and Global Scientific Knowledge. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 295-310).
Chapter Patiniotis, Manolis; Gavroglu, Kostas (2012) The Sciences in Europe: Transmitting Centers and the Appropriating Peripheries. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 321-343).
Chapter Raina, Dhruv (2012) The Naturalization of Modern Science in South Asia: A Historical Overview of the Processes of Domestication and Globalization. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 345-366).
Chapter Holbrook, Jarita C. (2012) Celestial Navigation and Technological Change on Moce Island. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 439-457).
Chapter Dilger, Hansjörg (2012) The (Ir)Relevance of Local Knowledge: Circuits of Medicine and Biopower in the Neoliberal Era. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 501-524).
Chapter Renn, Jürgen; Hyman, Malcolm D. (2012) Survey: The Globalization of Modern Science. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 561-604).
Chapter Hyman, Ludmila (2012) The Soviet Psychologists and the Path to International Psychology. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 631-668).
Chapter Baracca, Angelo (2012) The Global Diffusion of Nuclear Technology. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 669-711).
Chapter Hoffmann, Hans Falk (2012) The Role of Open and Global Communication in Particle Physics. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 713-736).
Chapter Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg (2012) Internationalism and the History of Molecular Biology. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 737-744).
Chapter Schlögl, Robert (2012) The Role of Chemistry in the Global Energy Challenge. In: The Globalization of Knowledge in History: Based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop (pp. 745-794).
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