China in the German Enlightenment - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 148754555X ISBN 13 : 9781487545550

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2022

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bettina Brandt is a Teaching Professor of German and Jewish Studies at Penn State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 148754555X
• ISBN 13: 9781487545550
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Brandt Bettina, Purdy Daniel
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible