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Anders Engberg-Pedersen, Engberg-Pedersen Anders

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

English · Hardback

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About the author

Anders Engberg-Pedersen is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark.

Summary

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.

Product details

Authors	Anders Engberg-Pedersen, Engberg-Pedersen Anders
Publisher	Harvard University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	10.03.2015

EAN	9780674967649
ISBN	978-0-674-96764-9
No. of pages	336
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918 Europe, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Napoleonic Wars, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)

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