PUB 480 Lecture 3: PUB 480 Week #3

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Publishing Program
• Course: PUB 480
• Professor: Hannah McGregor

Document Summary

Printing been linked to variety of social and political revolutions, including: many different revolutions, rise of middle class, widespread secularization and rationalization, emergence of public sphere, systemization of knowledge and intellectual revolutions. Elizabeth eisenstein; creation of systems to organize and catalog knowledge information. Intellectual revolutions about shift form focus on always learning inherited knowledge to production of new forms of knowledge. Rationalism and sentimentalism: 18th century around idea of middle class identity, allows for emergence of science, sentimental poetry and novels. I can feel bad for you because you are like me. Print leads to greater democratization but this week"s readings challenge us to think about nuanced ways to see if that"s actually the case. Start with historically different times and questions they raise. Certain bias built into readings: western europe in 15, 16, and 17th centuries, many people who do this work are from these places.