China in the German enlightenment
"Over the course of the eighteenth century, European intellectuals shifted from admiring China as a utopian place of wonder to despising it as a backwards and despotic state. That transformation had little to do with changes in China itself, and everything to do with Enlightenment conceptions o...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Toronto Buffalo London : University of Toronto Press,
[2016]
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | German and European studies
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | German and European studies |
| Schlagworte: | Orientalism Orientalism in literature Race in literature Chinese in literature Enlightenment German literature Philosophy, German Electronic books Deutschland Aufklärung mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 210 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | "Over the course of the eighteenth century, European intellectuals shifted from admiring China as a utopian place of wonder to despising it as a backwards and despotic state. That transformation had little to do with changes in China itself, and everything to do with Enlightenment conceptions of political identity and Europe's own burgeoning global power. China in the German Enlightenment considers the place of German philosophy, particularly the work of Leibniz, Goethe, Herder, and Hegel, in this development. Beginning with the first English translation of Walter Demel's classic essay "How the Chinese Became Yellow," the collection's essays examine the connections between eighteenth-century philosophy, German Orientalism, and the origins of modern race theory."-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index "Our volume grew out from a conference held at Pennsylvania State University on 24-25 February 2012, entitled "Reading China during the Enlightenment"". - Acknowledgments, Seite ix |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 210 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781442616998 1442616997 1442648457 9781442648456 |