{"product_id":"handicraft-philosophies-craft-representation-and-social-knowledge-in-eighteenth-century-britain-paperback","title":"Handicraft Philosophies: Craft, Representation, and Social Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Britain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Mack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe term \"Enlightenment\" still carries its tie to a grand philosophical tradition that in Britain moves through Bacon, Locke, and Hume. But the literature and philosophy of the Enlightenment was full of practical knowledge associated with the body and with craft. This book is an account of the eighteenth-century thinkers from across social classes who turned to the body to formulate new ways of knowing natural and social worlds--what Ruth Mack calls handicraft philosophies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe writers discussed in this book include a formerly enslaved man, Olaudah Equiano, and a washerwoman, Mary Collier, as well as gentlemen Joseph Banks and James Boswell, and the artist William Hogarth. In their efforts to communicate embodied ways of knowing, they bring together theory and practice; they set aside objectivity and relish the practical ways of knowing that are traditionally associated with lower classes and less-than-privileged bodies. Mack focuses on how such knowledge proved especially helpful for understanding \"society\" as a new object of enquiry in the Enlightenment, laying the groundwork for the emergence of anthropological and sociological thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplicating the intellectual history of Enlightenment Britain amidst the rise of popular science and imperial expansion, \u003ci\u003eHandicraft Philosophies\u003c\/i\u003e is a new account of the thinkers who configured \"philosophy\" as a practice open to all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Mack\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Historicity: Literature and Historical Experience in Eighteenth-Century Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64811103322461,"sku":"9781503642935","price":66.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/eqLK1XWSnv9781503642935.webp?v=1779911662","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/handicraft-philosophies-craft-representation-and-social-knowledge-in-eighteenth-century-britain-paperback","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}