The reception of Hessen’s famous essay titled The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia has undergone various stages or, to put it in Bourdieu’s terms, labeling processes (marcature) through which Hessen himself has come to be regarded as a precursor !gure in a wide range of debates. Readers of his work have o"ered a variety of interpretations of it based on their speci!c positions within these debates. In the following pages, I will outline the various phases of the circulation of Hessen’s theses from the 1930s to the present day.

The International and Interdisciplinary Circulation of Boris Hessen’s Theses

Ienna, Gerardo
2022-01-01

Abstract

The reception of Hessen’s famous essay titled The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia has undergone various stages or, to put it in Bourdieu’s terms, labeling processes (marcature) through which Hessen himself has come to be regarded as a precursor !gure in a wide range of debates. Readers of his work have o"ered a variety of interpretations of it based on their speci!c positions within these debates. In the following pages, I will outline the various phases of the circulation of Hessen’s theses from the 1930s to the present day.
2022
9788832028171
Boris Hessen; Marxism and Science; International Circulation of Ideas
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
VF-01_hessen_ESTRATTO.pdf

accesso aperto

Tipologia: Versione dell'editore
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 1.17 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
1.17 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11562/1115627
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact