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Translating the Enlightenment

- Scottish Civic Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Germany

About Translating the Enlightenment

This is a study of how political ideas travel across languages and cultures. It examines the reception in Germany of the civic theories of the Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson, and shows how German intellectuals misread his work, but in a way which opened up many fruitful insights.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780198205197
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 366
  • Published:
  • March 1, 1995
  • Dimensions:
  • 143x223x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 607 g.
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Expected delivery: December 13, 2024

Description of Translating the Enlightenment

This is a study of how political ideas travel across languages and cultures. It examines the reception in Germany of the civic theories of the Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson, and shows how German intellectuals misread his work, but in a way which opened up many fruitful insights.

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