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How did historians research the past in the early modern era? How did historians, genealogists, and scholars of antiquity "create" relevant knowledge and position themselves in courts, toward benefactors, and to an academic audience? This volume examines academic practices in the fields of heraldry, diplomacy, genealogy, and historiography along with economic aspects of research, travel, and publishing. Wie wurde in der Frühen Neuzeit die Vergangenheit erforscht? Wie "machten" Historiker, Genealogen oder Antiquare historisches Wissen und positionierten sich damit an Höfen, gegenüber Auftraggebern oder in der Gelehrtenrepublik? In diesem Band geht es um gelehrte Praktiken im weiten Feld frühneuzeitlicher Geschichtsschreibung sowie um die ökonomische und logistische Seite des Forschens, Reisens und Publizierens.

Historiography. --- Academic culture. --- early modern era. --- genealogy. --- heraldry. --- historiography. --- scholars.

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Der sich vom 16. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert vollziehende Übergang der weitgehend lateinbasierten europäischen Gelehrtenkultur zu einem vernakulär-mehrsprachigen "modernen" Wissenschaftssystem ist bislang für den deutschen Sprachraum nur bruchstückhaft beschrieben worden. Der vorliegende, von einer Greifswalder Tagung angeregte Sammelband führt verschiedene Zugänge zusammen und konturiert damit erstmals ein disziplinenübergreifendes Forschungsfeld "Historische Gelehrten- und Wissenschaftssprachen". In Beiträgen aus der germanistischen Sprachgeschichte, der Universitäts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, der klassischen Philologie und der Literaturwissenschaft werden zentrale Aspekte des akademischen Sprachenwechsels, der zunehmenden Etablierung der Volkssprache an den Universitäten und der Sprachenwahl im wissenschaftlichen Handlungsfeld thematisiert. Der Band bildet dabei den Auftakt zu einer neuen Publikationsreihe, die es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, die Geschichte der lingua academica seit der Frühen Neuzeit zu untersuchen.

Communication in science --- German language --- Scientific language. --- Sprachenwechsel. --- Universitätsgeschichte. --- Wissenschaftskultur. --- Wissenschaftssprache. --- academic culture. --- language shift. --- university history. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. --- Technical German. --- Scientific German --- Technical German --- Technology --- Communication in research --- Science communication --- Science information --- Scientific communications --- Science --- Language

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Ron Robin takes an intriguing look at the shifting nature of academic and public discourse in this incisive consideration of recent academic scandals-including charges of plagiarism against Stephen Ambrose, Derek Freeman's attempt to debunk Margaret Mead's research, Michael Bellesiles's alleged fabrication of an early America without weapons, Joseph Ellis's imaginary participation in major historical events of the 1960's, Napoleon Chagnon's creation and manipulation of a "Stone Age people," and accusations that Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú's testimony on the Maya holocaust was in part fiction. Scandals and Scoundrels makes the case that, contrary to popular imagery, we're not living in particularly deviant times and there is no fundamental flaw permeating a decadent academy. Instead, Robin argues, latter-day scandals are media events, tailored for the melodramatic and sensationalist formats of mass mediation. In addition, the contentious and uninhibited nature of cyber debates fosters acrimonious exposure. Ron convincingly demonstrates that scandals are part of a necessary process of rule making and reinvention rather than a symptom of the bankruptcy of the scientific enterprise.

Learning and scholarship --- Impostors and imposture. --- Plagiarism. --- Erudition --- Scholarship --- Civilization --- Intellectual life --- Education --- Research --- Scholars --- Charlatans --- Imposters --- Pretenders --- Crime --- Criminals --- Authorship --- Copyright infringement --- Literary ethics --- Literature --- Quotation --- Torts --- Imitation in literature --- Originality in literature --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Impostors and imposture --- Plagiarism --- Moral and ethical aspects --- academic culture. --- academic deviants. --- academic scandals. --- anthropology. --- cyberdebates. --- debunked research. --- derek freeman. --- historical cases. --- historical events. --- human condition. --- infamy. --- joseph ellis. --- mass mediation. --- media events. --- michael bellesiles. --- napoleon chagnon. --- plagiarism cases. --- politics of scandal. --- public discourse. --- retrospective. --- rigoberta menchu. --- rule making process. --- scandalous events. --- scientific academy. --- sensationalism. --- stephen ambrose.

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New religious movements such as the Moonies, Jehovah's Witnesses and Hare Krishnas are now well established in mainstream cultural consciousness. But responses to these 'cult' groups still tend to be overwhelmingly negative, characterized by the furious reactions that they evoke from majority interests. Modern societies need to learn how best to respond to such movements, and how to interpret their benefits and dangers.Researching New Religious Movements provides a cutting-edge analysis of the controversy around new religions in America and Europe today. Drawing on original fieldw

Sociology of religion --- Cults --- Religion and sociology --- Cultes --- Sociologie religieuse --- -Religion and sociology --- -Cults --- -298.9 --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religions --- Sects --- Recente niet-christelijke of afgeleid-christelijke religies; New Age --- 298.9 Recente niet-christelijke of afgeleid-christelijke religies; New Age --- 298.9 --- non-mainstream --- religion --- knowledge --- paradigm --- pontifical --- council --- brainwashing --- thesis --- eileen --- barker --- research --- religious culture --- academic culture --- the anti-cult movement --- Britain --- FAIR --- Germany --- Elterninitiative --- mainstream churches --- the Church of England --- the Protestant Church in Germany --- the Roman Catholic Church