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245 10 a| Projecting spiritsh| [electronic resource] :b| speculation, providence, and early modern optical media /c| Pasi Väliaho.;

260 a| Stanford, California :b| Stanford University Press,c| [2022];

300 a| xvii, 252 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-242) and index.;

505 0 a| The form of projection -- Projection and providence -- Government of souls -- Projecting property -- Shadows of expectation.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The history of projected images at the turn of the seventeenth century reveals a changing perception of chance and order, contingency and form. In Projecting Spirits, Pasi Väliaho maps how the leading optical media of the period--the camera obscura and the magic lantern--developed in response to, and framed, the era's key intellectual dilemma of whether the world fell under God's providential care, or was subject to chance and open to speculating. As Väliaho shows, camera obscuras and magic lanterns were variously employed to give the world an intelligible and manageable design. Jesuit scholars embraced devices of projection as part of their pursuit of divine government, whilst the Royal Society fellows enlisted them in their quest for empirical knowledge as well as colonial expansion. Projections of light and shadow grew into critical metaphors in early responses to the turbulences of finance. In such instances, Väliaho argues, "projection" became an indispensable cognitive form to both assert providence, and to make sense of an economic reality that was gradually escaping from divine guidance. Drawing on a range of materials--philosophical, scientific and religious literature, visual arts, correspondence, poems, pamphlets, and illustrations--this provocative and inventive work expands our concept of the early media of projection, revealing how they spoke to early modern thinkers, and shaped a new, speculative concept of the world"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Projecting spirits speculation, providence, and early modern optical media / Pasi Väliaho.

Author/creator	Väliaho, Pasi
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Description	xvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Optical instruments--History. --17th century. Camera obscuras--History. --17th century. Projectors--History. --17th century.

Contents	The form of projection -- Projection and providence -- Government of souls -- Projecting property -- Shadows of expectation.
Abstract	"The history of projected images at the turn of the seventeenth century reveals a changing perception of chance and order, contingency and form. In Projecting Spirits, Pasi Väliaho maps how the leading optical media of the period--the camera obscura and the magic lantern--developed in response to, and framed, the era's key intellectual dilemma of whether the world fell under God's providential care, or was subject to chance and open to speculating. As Väliaho shows, camera obscuras and magic lanterns were variously employed to give the world an intelligible and manageable design. Jesuit scholars embraced devices of projection as part of their pursuit of divine government, whilst the Royal Society fellows enlisted them in their quest for empirical knowledge as well as colonial expansion. Projections of light and shadow grew into critical metaphors in early responses to the turbulences of finance. In such instances, Väliaho argues, "projection" became an indispensable cognitive form to both assert providence, and to make sense of an economic reality that was gradually escaping from divine guidance. Drawing on a range of materials--philosophical, scientific and religious literature, visual arts, correspondence, poems, pamphlets, and illustrations--this provocative and inventive work expands our concept of the early media of projection, revealing how they spoke to early modern thinkers, and shaped a new, speculative concept of the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-242) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021043926
ISBN	9781503630857 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	9781503631939 (paperback ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	(ebook)

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