“There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it” (Shapin 1996, 1). So began Stephen Shapin’s The Scientific Revolution, a work, con-cise and smart, that embodied an approach to the history of science termed “the social construction of science.” Shapin argued that if we are going to talk about a “scientific revolution,” then we need to see it not …
Compared with other pre-industrial societies, a rather high percentage of the Roman population in the Gallic and Germanic provinces was not involved in agrarian production during the High Empire. Rural produce was needed to feed soldiers and the inhabitants of vici, small towns and cities. To maintain this system the Gallo-Roman villae – the rural settlements whose…
ans les deux sites, les acteurs publics et privés mettent en place différents types d’actions en vue de préserver l’environnement qui se traduisent par des pressions environnementalistes sur les agriculteurs. Le premier type de pression renvoie à l’application des réglementations existantes par les pouvoirs publics ou par des acteurs pr…
Quality set Printed in Italy, this set features gold leaf page edges, good paper, and lush illustrations. Front cover quote "The Book of Art Set is designed as an intro to the visual arts: painting, drawing, and sculpture. It provides a comprehensive survey, in 10 volumes of one of the most creative aspects of human effort, especially organized for the reader who does not have an extensive know…
SIAPA sesungguhnya Michel Foucault, sosok yang pernah mengguncang jagat akademis Eropa ini? Drefyus dan Rabinow, dua komentator Foucault, pernah harus merevisi kategori strukturalis yang diatributkan padanya. Kelompok Marxis menyebutnya penghianat. Kalangan Liberal menuduhnya teknokrat. Dedengkot konservatif memanggilnya anarkis sayap kiri. Seorang professor Amerika mengejeknya sebagai Crypto-M…