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Daniel Jütte


Daniel Jütte
Dr. Daniel Jütte is a historian and a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows. The dissertation behind his volume on the history of secrets was awarded the Bruno Heck Science Prize of 2010/2011 by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation as well as a dissertation prize by the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism.
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Daniel Jütte

Das Zeitalter des Geheimnisses

Juden, Christen und die Ökonomie des Geheimen (1400–1800)

2. Edition 2012
420 pages
ISBN 978-3-525-30027-5
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Early modern times represent the age of secrets. Rarely before and rarely since in European history has there been such a fascination with all things secret and clasdestine. Yet there have been to date only few studies of this phenomenon in cultural and science history. In this volume Daniel Jütte researches the idea of secrecy in early modern history and reconstructs the market for secrets. He shows that the Jewish minority played a major role in this area. Their presumed competence in the world of the arcane extended to the realms of alchemy, magic, spying and technology. But why were Jews considered the keepers of secrets in an otherwise Christian society?
The study conveys many new findings about Jewish history as well as the overall science and culture history of that era.

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»Jütte deckt die gemeinsame Wurzel auf, die Wissen und Geheimnis seit jeher miteinander verbindet […] So unerwartet dieser Blickwinkel anmutet, als so einleuchtend erweist er sich schließlich auch.«
Jacob Hessing, DIE WELT


»Daniel Jütte gelingt es, das komplexe Umfeld der frühneuzeitlichen Geheimwissenschaften und ihre Vermarktung […] zu schildern und zu deuten – das alles in […] einer mustergültig klaren und zugleich anschaulichen Sprache.«
DAMALS, Volker Reinhardt


»[Eine] sehr anregende Studie.«
Frankfurter Rundschau, Dirk Pilz


»Reich […] an Erträgen und Quellenfunden im Detail […] geradezu übersprudelnd ist das Buch aber auch an konzeptuellen und historiographischen Überlegungen zu vielen Aspekten der frühneuzeitlichen Wissenskultur.«
medaon, Gerd Schwerhoff


»... this outstanding and in many ways path-breaking work is a remarkable example of careful and detailed engagement...«
Dean Phillip Bell, case.edu
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