284 Pages
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Central European University Press
Hybrid Renaissance introduces the idea that the Renaissance in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and in the world beyond Europe is an example of cultural hybridization.
The two key concepts used in this book are hybridization and Renaissance. Roughly speaking, hybridity refers to something new that emerges from the combination of diverse older elements.
The book begins with a discussion of the... Read more
List of Illustrations, Preface and Acknowledgements, Introduction: An Expanding Renaissance, Chapter 1. The Idea of Hybridity, Chapter 2. The Geography of Hybridity, Chapter 3. Translating Architecture, Chapter 4. Hybrid Arts, Chapter 5. Hybrid Languages, Chapter 6. Hybrid Literatures, Chapter 7. Music, Law and humanism, Chapter 8. Hybrid Philosophies, Chapter 9. Translating Gods Coda, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Peter Burke is Professor Emeritus of Cultural History at the University of Cambridge and Life Fellow of Emmanuel College. His publications include Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe (1978), New Perspectives on Historical Writing (1991), History and Social Theory (1992), What is Cultural History? (20024), Cultural Hybridity (2009) and A Social History of Knowledge Volume II From the Encyclopaedic to Wikipedia (2012).
