Patterns and Principles in Rens Bod: september 2018

donderdag 13 september 2018

A Chinese Review of my Book in the journal Dushu

I am very happy to see this review article of the extended Chinese version of my book in the major Chinese literary magazine Dushu. It also contains an English summary.

"What’s more, the views of this book are extremely enlightening for the redevelopment for Chinese humanities, which is at the crossroad of how to regain its profoundly humanistic tradition after the New Culture Movement."

A very extensive review of "A New History of the Humanities"

And here's a very extensive, thorough review of the English translation of my book, by Lee Trepanier.

Enjoy!

Abonneren op: Posts (Atom)

31 december 2023: Ik spreek in "OVT" over het tragische einde van Taqi al-Din's observatorium

12 December 2023: Lecture at VUB Brussels: "What kind of knowledge is the pursuit of meaning?"

On 12 December at 16.15h, I will give a talk at the KIIP seminar entitled "What kind of knowledge is the pursuit of meaning?". In this talk I will present a longue durée exploration of meaning-making from a global perspective. I argue that a total of 185 distinct meaning-making practices can be discerned that can be grouped into 30 themes. I discuss a number of general patterns and principles that can be found in meaning-making practices across the world and will go into the question as to what kind of knowledge meaning-making actually is. For more info, see https://events.vub.be/kiip-seminar-rens-bod

14-15 November 2023: Online Workshop "Epistemic Transfer in the Humanities"

On 14 November I will give a brief presentation to introduce the workshop on Epistemic Transfer in the History of the Humanities. Why and how do humanities disciplines borrow knowledge from one another? Under what conditions has knowledge transfer been (un)successful in the past? And what light, if at all, do historical examples shed on current forms of (inter)disciplinarity? If you're interested in these questions, join our online workshop. For more info, see https://www.historyofhumanities.org/upcoming-meetings/workshop-epistemic-transfer/

Discussieer mee over De Vergeten Wetenschappen

donderdag 13 september 2018

A Chinese Review of my Book in the journal Dushu

A very extensive review of "A New History of the Humanities"