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9780765809872

Terra Cognita: The Mental Discovery of America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780765809872

  • ISBN10:

    0765809877

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2003-01-30
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

In this provocative book, Eviatar Zerubavel argues that physical encounters are only one part of the process of discovery. Such encounters must be complemented by an understanding of the true identity of what is being discovered.

Author Biography

Eviatar Zerubavel is professor of sociology at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Transaction Edition ix
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1(10)
Did Columbus Discover America?
11(25)
Pre-Columbian Discoveries of America
11(12)
What Is America?
23(7)
What Is a Discovery?
30(6)
The Mental Discovery of America
36(31)
A Single Geographical Entity
38(11)
A Separate Entity
49(18)
The Psychology of Discovering America
67(46)
Innovation
70(16)
Denial
86(15)
Ambivalence
101(12)
Conclusion 113(6)
Notes 119(18)
List of Maps 137(8)
Bibliography 145(10)
Index 155

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