{"product_id":"objectivity-in-the-making-francis-bacon-and-the-politics-of-inquiry-9780801872495","title":"Objectivity in the Making: Francis Bacon and the Politics of Inquiry","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow we arrived at a capacity for taking cold, hard looks at the facts of nature--and whether we ever truly have done so--are questions that continue to engage both historians of science and students of culture. Historians of modern European intellectual history commonly credit Francis Bacon with laying the groundwork for a mode of study that begins without presuppositions, religious or otherwise, the kind of searching we know as research and long have credited as being disinterested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eObjectivity in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e, Julie Robin Solomon shows how disinterestedness became a dominant principle of intellectual modernity by examining Bacon's notion of scientific self-distancing against the background of early modern political ideology, socioeconomic behavior, and traditions of learning. Solomon places him between two cultures--Jacobean monarchical mercantilism and the self-distancing strategies of early-seventeenth-century traders and travelers. She shows that Bacon--by virtue of his prominent political position within the Jacobean court, familiarity with prevailing commercial practices, and humanistic learning--made his signal contributions to natural philosophy because of where he stood at a critical juncture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Robin Solomon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.18w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801872495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Robin Solomon \u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of literature at American University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40618869784691,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":55.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_732c4d59-1afb-41e1-b307-b5bee7f3e316.jpg?v=1670424026","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/objectivity-in-the-making-francis-bacon-and-the-politics-of-inquiry-9780801872495","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}