Institute of Early Modern History
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Politics of Knowledge

(This projects aims at the publication of a monograph which explores the relationship between knowledge and political power on the basis of newly available research. Chronologically, it will focus on the Early Modern Age. In terms of content, central to the project are techniques of knowledge aquisition and usage in the European expansion but also broader techniques of justifying decisions through knowledge.