The Interlopers: Early Stuart Projects and the Undisciplining of Knowledge

by Vera Keller

A reframing of how scientific knowledge was produced in the early modern world.

Many accounts of the scientific revolution portray it as a time when scientists disciplined knowledge by first disciplining their own behavior. According to these views, scientists such as Francis Bacon produced certain knowledge by pacifying their emotions and concentrating on method. In The Interlopers, Vera Keller rejects this emphasis on discipline...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421445921
• ISBN13: 9781421445922
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher