I think about this essay for @historyworkshop.org.uk on the scientific method and the professionalisation of knowing all the time, a characteristically brilliant shard of thought by "Italian comrade" Carlo Ginzburg. Remember you can get 100 jstor articles for free!
www.jstor.org/stable/4288283
Carlo Ginzburg, Anna Davin, Morelli, Freud and Sherlock Holmes: Clues and Scientific Method, History Workshop, No. 9 (Spring, 1980), pp. 5-36
Sad to learn of passing of eminent historian Carlo Ginzburg; his "The Cheese and the Worms" is one of the books that had the most impact on me as a grad student, as the writing is lively & builds insight from small, carefully observed details of the historical record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Che...
Michael Lobel
Carlo Ginzburg est mort, annonce la presse italienne. Immense historien, il a su construire une oeuvre originale entre micro-histoire et anthropologie historique qui a considérablement renouvelé la discipline.
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Aveva 87 anni. Era famoso in tutto il mondo per le sue ricerche sulla stregoneria e le credenze popolari
