Erasmus, Man of Letters
The Construction of Charisma in Print - Updated Edition
Biography & Memoir, Philosophers, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Religious
| Author: | Lisa Jardine, Lisa Jardine | ISBN: | 9781400866175 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press | Publication: | June 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lisa Jardine, Lisa Jardine |
| ISBN: | 9781400866175 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Publication: | June 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Language: | English |
The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world. Erasmus himself—the historical as opposed to the figural individual—was a brilliant, maverick innovator, who achieved little formal academic recognition in his own lifetime. What Jardine offers here is not only a fascinating study of Erasmus but also a bold account of a key moment in Western history, a time when it first became possible to believe in the existence of something that could be designated "European thought."
The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world. Erasmus himself—the historical as opposed to the figural individual—was a brilliant, maverick innovator, who achieved little formal academic recognition in his own lifetime. What Jardine offers here is not only a fascinating study of Erasmus but also a bold account of a key moment in Western history, a time when it first became possible to believe in the existence of something that could be designated "European thought."
