ISBN:
9789004236950
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Knowledge Infrastructure and Knowledge Economy Ser
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Davids, Carolus A., 1952 - Religion, technology, and the great and little divergences
DDC:
303.4830951
Keywords:
Cross-cultural studies ; China
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Cross-cultural studies ; Europe
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Technological innovations ; China ; History
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Technological innovations ; Europe ; History
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Technology ; Religious aspects ; China ; History
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Technology ; Religious aspects ; Europe ; History
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Technology ; Social aspects ; China ; History
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Electronic books
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Technological innovations
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Europe
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History
;
Technological innovations
;
China
;
History
;
Technology
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Religious aspects
;
Technology
;
Social aspects
;
Europe
;
History
;
Technology
;
Social aspects
;
China
;
History
;
Cross-cultural studies
;
Europe
;
Cross-cultural studies
;
China
;
China
;
Europa
;
Religion
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Technischer Fortschritt
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Geschichte 700-1800
Abstract:
In Religion, Technology, and the Great and Little Divergences Karel Davids analyses the influence of religious contexts on technological change in China and Europe between c.700 and 1800.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Great Divergence -- Technological Change in China and Europe between c. 700 and 1800 -- Religion, the Economy and Technology Before 1800: Different Views -- Weberian Themes and the Little Divergence -- Latin Christendom and China -- Evaluation -- A Long-Term Comparative Approach -- Aims, Concepts and Approach -- Plan and Argument of This Book -- 1 Religion and Visions on the Uses of Nature in China and Europe -- Visions of Nature and the Great Divergence -- Visions in Latin Christendom -- Visions before Latin Christendom -- Visions in China -- Visions of Nature and the Little Divergence -- Conclusion -- 2 Religion and Human Capital Formation in China and Europe -- Variations in Human Capital Formation -- Religious Institutions and Formal Learning -- From Divergence to Convergence and Back Again -- Variations in Vocational and Technical Education -- Religious Institutions and Informal Learning -- Conclusion -- 3 Religion and the Circulation of Technical Knowledge in China and Europe -- Religion and the Circulation of Technical Knowledge Before 1500 -- Patterns of Circulation -- Religious Travelling -- Comparisons -- Religion and the Circulation of Technical Knowledge After 1500 -- Texts, Images and Artefacts -- Movements of People -- Collection, Storage and Accessibility of Information -- Conclusion -- 4 Religion and Technical Innovation in China and Europe -- Religion, Technical Innovation and the Great Divergence -- Religious Institutions as Innovators -- Religious and Secular Settings of Innovation -- Incentives for Innovation -- Comparing Creativity in China and Europe -- Religion, Technical Innovation and the Little Divergence -- Common Trajectories -- Divergences in Creativity in Europe -- Technological Creativity and Religious Contexts -- Conclusion -- Conclusion.
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