Instinct, Knowledge and Occult Science on the Early Modern English Stage
Walker, Katherine
Produktnummer:
16A64217175
| Autor: | Walker, Katherine |
|---|---|
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 31.08.2026 |
| EAN: | 9781399548120 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 256 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Edinburgh University Press |
Produktinformationen "Instinct, Knowledge and Occult Science on the Early Modern English Stage"
In Instinct, Knowledge and Occult Science on the Early Modern English Stage, Katherine Walker focuses on embodied experiences in the theater and the debates within the sciences that eventually fell out of favor but interlaced "gut feelings" with observational practice. She examines understudied occult sciences, looking to genres such as almanacs, witchcraft pamphlets and demonologies. As Walker argues, the early modern discourse of instinct registers shifting appraisals of the body's role in making new knowledge. Unlike reason, instinct allowed anyone--a witch, an animal or a queen--to interpret a complex, animate environment. This knowledge was not only a seductive idea, but also opened up a range of debates on the limits of human cognition, the rights of marginalised individuals to offer new understanding, and the contours of what we can know about the environment.
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