Latitude, Slaves, and the Bible: An Experiment in Microhistory

Latitude, Slaves, and the Bible: An Experiment in Microhistory

Ginzburg discusses microhistory, the cognitive shift that has been compared to the dilation and constriction of a camera lens. His approach to microhistory has been largely inspired by the work of Erich Auerbach, the great Jewish scholar who spent his most creative years in Istanbul in exile from Na...

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Published in:Critical inquiry Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 665 - 683
Main Author: Ginzburg, Carlo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press 01-03-2005
University of Chicago, acting through its Press
Subjects:
Allusion
Auerbach, Erich
Bible
Calvinism
Capitalism
Children
Entrepreneurs
History
Literary criticism
Natural law
Protestant ethics
Slavery
Slaves
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Summary:Ginzburg discusses microhistory, the cognitive shift that has been compared to the dilation and constriction of a camera lens. His approach to microhistory has been largely inspired by the work of Erich Auerbach, the great Jewish scholar who spent his most creative years in Istanbul in exile from Nazi Germany. At the end of his masterpiece, Mimesis, written in Istanbul during World War II, Auerbach wrote: "Beneath the conflicts, and also through them, an economic and cultural leveling process is taking place. It is still a long way to a common life of mankind on earth, but the goal begins to be visible.
ISSN:0093-1896
1539-7858
DOI:10.1086/430989