LEADER 04043nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910452691203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89817-9 010 $a0-8122-0718-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207187 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707660 035 $a(OCoLC)822017901 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642124 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000787027 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11501094 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787027 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10803792 035 $a(PQKB)10335646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441789 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19128 035 $a(DE-B1597)449616 035 $a(OCoLC)1013947588 035 $a(OCoLC)979754234 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207187 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441789 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642124 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421067 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707660 100 $a20120405d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExquisite mixture$b[electronic resource] $ethe virtues of impurity in early modern England /$fWolfram Schmidgen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 0 $aHaney Foundation Series 225 0$aHaney Foundation series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4442-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [159]-232) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction. England's Mixed Genius --$tChapter 1. The Science of Mixture --$tChapter 2. The Politics of Deformity --$tChapter 3. Locke's Mixed Liberty --$tConclusion. Undividing Modernity --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aThe culture of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Britain is rarely credited with tolerance of diversity; this period saw a rising pride in national identity, the expansion of colonialism, and glorification of the Anglo-Saxon roots of the country. Yet at the same time, Wolfram Schmidgen observes, the concept of mixture became a critical element of Britons' belief in their own superiority. While the scientific, political, and religious establishment of the early 1600's could not imagine that anything truly formed, virtuous, or durable could be produced by mixing unlike kinds or merging absolute forms, intellectuals at the end of the century asserted that mixture could produce superior languages, new species, flawless ideas, and resilient civil societies. Exquisite Mixture examines the writing of Robert Boyle, John Locke, Daniel Defoe, and others who challenged the primacy of the one over the many, the whole over the parts, and form over matter. Schmidgen traces the emergence of the valuation of mixture to the political and scientific revolutions of the seventeenth century. The recurrent threat of absolutism in this period helped foster alliances within a broad range of writers and fields of inquiry, from geography, embryology, and chemistry to political science and philosophy. By retrieving early modern arguments for the civilizing effects of mixture, Schmidgen invites us to rethink the stories we tell about the development of modern society. Not merely the fruit of postmodernism, the theorization and valuation of hybridity have their roots in centuries past. 410 0$aHaney Foundation series. 606 $aCultural fusion$zEngland$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aCultural pluralism$zEngland$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aEngland$xCivilization$y17th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCultural fusion$xHistory 615 0$aCultural pluralism$xHistory 676 $a942.06 700 $aSchmidgen$b Wolfram$01026690 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452691203321 996 $aExquisite mixture$92473056 997 $aUNINA