Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things

Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things Engberg-Pedersen Anders Wydawca: Harvard University Press Data wydania: 2015 ISBN: 9780674967649 Liczba stron: 336 Format: 245 x 165 x 31 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how decisions are made in a fog of imperfect knowledge. Chance no longer appeared exceptional but normative-a prism for understanding the modern world.