Exiles and Expatriates in the History of Knowledge, 1500-...
Burke, Peter / Wahrman, Dror![Exiles and Expatriates in the History of Knowledge, 1500-2000](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/207/20747773/CHSBZCOP0320747773.jpg)
In this wide-ranging consideration of intellectual diasporas, historian Peter Burke questions what distinctive contribution to knowledge exiles and expatriates have made. The answer may be summed up in one word: deprovincialization. Historically, the encounter between scholars from different cultures was an education for both parties, exposing them to research opportunities and alternative ways of thinking. Deprovincialization was in part the ...