{"product_id":"9781501371141","title":"Lever as Instrument of Reason Technological Constructions of Knowledge around 1800","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Directions in German Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLever as Instrument of Reason\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTechnological Constructions of Knowledge around 1800\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJocelyn Holland | Imke Meyer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ German\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lever appears to be a very simple object, a tool used since ancient times for the most primitive of tasks: to lift and to balance. Why, then, were prominent intellectuals active around 1800 in areas as diverse as science, philosophy, and literature inspired to think and write about levers? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Lever as Instrument of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will discover the remarkable ways in which the lever is used to model the construction of  knowledge and to mobilize new ideas among diverse disciplines. These acts of construction are shown to model key aspects of the human, from the more abstract processes of moral decision-making to a quite literal equation of the powerful human ego with the supposed stability and power of the fulcrum point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJocelyn Holland\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of German at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Professor of Comparative Literature at the California Institute of Technology, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGerman Romanticism and Science: The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis and Ritter\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003eKey Texts on the Science and Art of Nature by Johann Wilhelm Ritter\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 November 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501371141\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332937777292,"sku":"9781501371141","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7a50ff43-5ba4-4df2-92d8-610f3e9116de.jpg?v=1783607476","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781501371141","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}