Empire of Chance The Napoleonic Wars And The Disorder Of Things

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Author:
Anders Engberg-Pedersen
ISBN:
9780674425415
Related ISBNs:
9780674967649
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Pages:
336
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-07-10
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2015
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Language Arts, Literature and Fiction, Military, Nonfiction, Philosophy