Philosophy and the Book: Early Modern Figures of Material Inscription

by Daniel Selcer

Book Overview

Philosophy and the Book examines the philosophical mobilization of metaphors for print, inscription, reading and knowledge organization in early modern philosophical texts in continental Europe. Primarily engaging with the work of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and Bayle while also touching on Valla, Gassendi, Hobbes, Lamy, and others, the book explores the effect the explosion of early modern print technology, textual distribution and related cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441113215
• ISBN13: 9781441113214
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"