The End of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity
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Edited by:
Arndt Brendecke
About this book
The late 16th century and the first half of the 17th century saw a final resurgence of the concept of Fortuna. Shortly thereafter, this goddess of chance and luck, who had survived for millennia, rapidly lost her cultural and intellectual relevance. This volume explores the late heyday and subsequent erasure of Fortuna. It examines vernacular traditions and confessional differences, analyses how the iconography and semantics of Fortuna motifs transformed, and traces the rise of complementary concepts such as those of probability, risk, fate and contingency. Thus, a multidisciplinary team of contributors sheds light on the surprising ways in which the end of Fortuna intersected with the rise of modernity.
Author / Editor information
Arndt Brendecke und Peter Vogt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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Susanne Reichlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Renaissance Poetics of Contingency Burkhardt Wolf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Nicolette Mout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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On the Goddess’s Sexualisation in the Renaissance Jürgen Müller and Bettina Gruber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Literature, Politics and the Visual Arts José M. González García Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Prolegomena to any Future Theory of Modernity Peter Vogt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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The Transformation of Fate Conceptions in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Franziska Rehlinghaus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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The Heyday and Decline of a Commonplace Concept Kristiina Savin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Remarques sur les transformations de Fortune aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles Florence Buttay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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