The Tranquebarian Society: Science, enlightenment and useful knowledge in the Danish-Norwegian East Indies, 1768–1813.
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The Tranquebarian Society : Science, enlightenment and useful knowledge in the Danish-Norwegian East Indies, 1768–1813. / Jensen, Niklas Thode.
I: Scandinavian Journal of History, Bind 40, Nr. 4, 16.07.2015.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Tranquebarian Society
T2 - Science, enlightenment and useful knowledge in the Danish-Norwegian East Indies, 1768–1813.
AU - Jensen, Niklas Thode
PY - 2015/7/16
Y1 - 2015/7/16
N2 - The Danish-Norwegian colony of Tranquebar in south-east India is a little explored case of science and ‘patriotic enlightenment’ in the colonial world of the 18th and early 19th centuries. In the period 1768–1813, Tranquebar emerged as a local south Indian hub of science and improvement. The symbol of this development was the establishment of the Tranquebarian Society, the third learned society east of the Cape of Good Hope. The article examines the unique assemblage of scientific networks, people, instruments, institutions, and ideas of local and global origin that converged in Tranquebar, and it investigates the fusion of local problems and radical ideas of enlightenment, education, and improvement that united government, mission, and merchants in Tranquebar in thequest for ‘useful knowledge’.
AB - The Danish-Norwegian colony of Tranquebar in south-east India is a little explored case of science and ‘patriotic enlightenment’ in the colonial world of the 18th and early 19th centuries. In the period 1768–1813, Tranquebar emerged as a local south Indian hub of science and improvement. The symbol of this development was the establishment of the Tranquebarian Society, the third learned society east of the Cape of Good Hope. The article examines the unique assemblage of scientific networks, people, instruments, institutions, and ideas of local and global origin that converged in Tranquebar, and it investigates the fusion of local problems and radical ideas of enlightenment, education, and improvement that united government, mission, and merchants in Tranquebar in thequest for ‘useful knowledge’.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Danish-Norwegian East Indies
KW - History of Science
KW - Learned societies
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
JO - Scandinavian Journal of History
JF - Scandinavian Journal of History
SN - 0346-8755
IS - 4
ER -
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