This book outlines the characteristics and implications of a potential geography of uncertainty. In doing so, it analyses this concept in reference to both the origins of uncertainty in Early Modern Age as well as the current geopolitical situation.
This book outlines the characteristics and implications of a potential geography of uncertainty. In doing so, it analyses this concept in reference to both the origins of uncertainty in Early Modern Age as well as the current geopolitical situation.
Alessandro Ricci is Assistant Professor of Political Geography at the University of Bergamo, Italy. His research interests concern Early Modern globalization and political geography; historical and political cartography; the connections between art, maps and power; and the Netherlands during the Golden Age. In 2018, he received the "Carmelo Colamonico" award from Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei for "scientific writings in geography". In 2014, he obtained a European Label PhD degree cum laude in "Culture and Territory" at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", where he has been a researcher and attended courses in political cartography and geopolitics. He carried out research activities at the University of Trento and Amsterdam. He is one of the managers of the Think tank "Geopolitica.info".
Inhaltsangabe
Preface, by Franco Farinelli Foreword Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1 - For a definition of uncertainty Chapter 2 - The society of uncertainty Chapter 3 - Early Modern European political geography and uncertainty Chapter 4 - The "Mad Flight" and the geography of uncertainty Chapter 5 - Cartographic secularization Chapter 6 - The tragedy of cartography in the Modern Age Chapter 7 - Conclusion: uncertainty as a Paradigm of Modern Times Bibliography Index
Preface, by Franco Farinelli Foreword Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1 - For a definition of uncertainty Chapter 2 - The society of uncertainty Chapter 3 - Early Modern European political geography and uncertainty Chapter 4 - The "Mad Flight" and the geography of uncertainty Chapter 5 - Cartographic secularization Chapter 6 - The tragedy of cartography in the Modern Age Chapter 7 - Conclusion: uncertainty as a Paradigm of Modern Times Bibliography Index
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