Historians have long been interested in knowledge - its nature and origin, and the circumstances under which it was created but it has only been in recent years that the history of knowledge has emerged as an academic field in its own right. In Circulation of Knowledge, a group of Nordic scholars explore a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to this new and exciting area of historical research. The question of knowledge in motion is central to their investigations, and especially how knowledge is transformed when it circulates between different societal arenas, literary genres, or forms of media. Reflecting on twelve empirical studies, from sixteenth-century cartography to sexology in the 1970s, the authors make a significant contribution to the growing international research on the history of knowledge.

About the Author
Anna Nilsson Hammar is a lecturer in history at Lund University.

David Larsson Heidenblad is a lecturer in history at Lund University.

Kari Nordberg is a historian and lecturer at the University College of Southeast Norway.

Johan OEstling is associate professor and senior lecturer in history at Lund University.

Erling Sandmo is professor of history at the University of Oslo.


Book Information
ISBN 9789188661289
Author Johan Ostling
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Nordic Academic Press
Publisher Nordic Academic Press