Peter Burke - The Polymath

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Life Fellow; Emeritus Professor of Cultural History. MA (Oxon and Cantab), Hon PhD (Lund), FBA, Member of the Academia Europaea, FRHistS. Educated by the Jesuits and at Oxford (St John’s and St Antony’s), Peter Burke taught in the School of European Studies, University of Sussex from 1962 to 1979 as Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer in History and as Reader in Intellectual History. He moved to Cambridge to become a Lecturer in History and subsequently Reader in and then Professor of Cultural History. In Emmanuel he has served as Librarian and Archivist. He has published 23 books, including 'The Italian Renaissance' (1972), 'Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe' (1978), 'The Fabrication of Louis XIV' (1992), 'The Art of Conversation' (1993), 'A Social History of Knowledge' (2000), 'Eyewitnessing' (2000), 'What is Cultural History?' (2004) and 'Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe' (2004) and has been translated into 28 languages. He is married to a Brazilian historian, Maria Lúcia García Pallares-Burke.

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@a.edwardaust7327 2 жыл бұрын

Professor Peter Burke Congratulations. Thank you for the obvious efforts of providing all, with insight into polymaths. My experience in attempting to contribute to the resolution of complex issues. While you mentioned the lack of female polymaths it would be interesting to discover what we have missed out from such development. My research on decision making at the apex of Governments has encouraged the idea that we all suffer from a lack of diversity of perspectives notably of polymaths especially women polymaths. A. Edward Aust

@Dmvslim74 4 ай бұрын

Thank you my good man, I am, and you are as well 👂🪬🧬

@user-rh9zd9ok2z 4 ай бұрын

Even today there's a moving more to cross disciplinary, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisplinary, holistic approach which well suited polymaths of today. Eg. Health, climate change, etc... where a specialization is insufficient to deal with.

@GregtheGrey6969 8 ай бұрын

Hold up on the extinction ....some of us are just finding out who we are!

@wenyang5916 Жыл бұрын

Potential young-ish Polymath candidate: Nathan Myhrvold. Although he is not an academic, I think he done work original contribution ranging from CS, Archeology, and food science

@markkelley2094 Жыл бұрын

I’ve always being interested in many subjects from being young, I never did know there was a word for that, life itself is the best class room, with a hands on approach and aptitude nothing is impossible, is that a classification of a polymath would you say? I’ve met and spoken to professors from Cambridge University, in psychology, I learned that on the streets, my views on that matter was correct, from what they told me, I enjoyed the several conversations we had too, was enlightening for us all 👍

@peterjaimez1619 Жыл бұрын

My friend they, as long as there are humans, can't disappear 😀 What happens is that they are know "invisible" to academia. Also today anyone with a "kindle" reader can get for almost nothing "The Harvard Classics" 70 books of diverse content, to enjoy, plus many, many more books, a situation that would have any scholar of the past rich beyond his wildest dreams! Cheers.

@dododododododod 2 ай бұрын

I happen to side towards major disagreement with you. through various means, there has always been access to books or “material” to atleast a certain strata of society. an access to it doesn’t make one polymath, even good will hunting-esque knowledge about stuff. Polymath, usually, arise from University as an institution and then, get affirmed by it. if the 700 books kindle reader hadn’t contributed to various disciplines in an affirmed academic settings, I’d be wary to call them a polymath.

@jackbrown8735 11 ай бұрын

im a younger polymath, and I'm enlightened philosopher. im 19 and yes we are rare

@Kemo___ 7 ай бұрын

Very enlightened indeed

@dododododododod 2 ай бұрын

Lmao

@thirzel 10 ай бұрын

Hypatia, Hildegard of Bingen, Marie Curie, Maya Angelou, Mae Jemison etc. are they not female or are they not polymaths?

@HistoryofScienceCoimbra 9 ай бұрын

Dra. Hirzel, your comment is a good complement to Prof. Burke’s presentation. Couldn't we record a remote interview about polymaths women?

@Polymath9000 11 ай бұрын

How do you earn a living as a polymath?

@LanceWinslow Жыл бұрын

I disagree that the concept of Polymaths should be as a strict definition only reserved for academics - in fact, I strongly disagree, especially considering the current climate of academia

@thirzel 10 ай бұрын

It is also very doubtful what an academics would be today, since there are very arbitrary disciplines taught at university (even rather practical ones such as didactics, etc.) while others are excluded even if they are highly cognitive.

@spyder2383 6 ай бұрын

I think you are being too narrow-minded in your definition. There are probably just as many polymaths now as any time. I think most have just dropped out of traditional academic forms of employment. I myself have around 175 credit hours of traditional college yet took a union truck driving job because at heart im an anarchist economically. Fyi 9 credit hours shy of an economics degree. I have continuously expanded my education along with trade skills. I just dont like the system that this world is built upon, and i suspect other folks who are generally curious about learning think and feel similarly.

@user-rh9zd9ok2z 4 ай бұрын

It seems you're just old and out of touch with the world today. There still many polymaths today you're unaware of.