{"product_id":"the-knowledge-of-nature-and-the-nature-of-knowledge-in-early-modern-japan-9780226479033","title":"The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan","description":"Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline of medicine, produced knowledge that questioned the traditional religious and philosophical understandings of the world, developed into a system (called \u003ci\u003ehonz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eogaku\u003c\/i\u003e) that rivaled Western science in complexity--and then seemingly disappeared. Or did it? In \u003ci\u003eThe Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, Federico Marcon recounts how Japanese scholars developed a sophisticated discipline of natural history analogous to Europe's but created independently, without direct influence, and argues convincingly that Japanese natural history succumbed to Western science not because of suppression and substitution, as scholars traditionally have contended, but by adaptation and transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first book-length English-language study devoted to the important field of honzogaku, \u003ci\u003eThe Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan \u003c\/i\u003ewill be an essential text for historians of Japanese and East Asian science, and a fascinating read for anyone interested in the development of science in the early modern era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Federico Marcon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226479033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFederico Marcon\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of Japanese history in the Department of History and the Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812900204659,"sku":"9780226479033","price":60.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6aea2da7-b0ca-41bd-8ade-829c9991d318.jpg?v=1776777424","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-knowledge-of-nature-and-the-nature-of-knowledge-in-early-modern-japan-9780226479033","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}