And yet, we were modern. The paradoxes of Iberian science after the Grand Narratives
History of science; an annual review of literature, research and teaching, 2017
In this article, we try to explain the origin of a disagreement; the sort that often arises when ... more In this article, we try to explain the origin of a disagreement; the sort that often arises when the subject is the history of early modern Spanish science. In the decades between 1970 and 1990, while some historians were trying to include Spain in the grand narrative of the rise of modern science, the very historical category of the Scientific Revolution was beginning to be dismantled. It could be said that Spaniards were boarding the flagship of modern science right before it sank. To understand this décalage it would be helpful to recall the role of the history of science during the years after the Franco dictatorship and Spain's transition to democracy. It was a discipline useful for putting behind us the Black Legend and Spanish exceptionalism.
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“This dazzling cornucopia of short
object biographies—whose itineraries
stretch from the New World to around
the world—privileges polysemic
narratives over traditional histories,
recasting America—and Latin America
in particular—as an intellectual driver
and powerful protagonist of knowledge
production in the early modern age.”
-Neil Safier, Director of The John Carter
Brown Library, Brown University