Language and enlightenment: the Berlin debates of the eighteenth century

This text highlights the importance of language in the social theory, epistemology, and aesthetics of the Enlightenment. It argues that awareness of the historicity and linguistic rootedness of all forms of life was a mainstream Enlightenment notion rather than a feature of the so-called 'Count...

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Beteilige Person: Lifschitz, Avi 1975- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Oxford historical monographs
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199661664.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199661664.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199661664.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199661664.001.0001
Zusammenfassung:This text highlights the importance of language in the social theory, epistemology, and aesthetics of the Enlightenment. It argues that awareness of the historicity and linguistic rootedness of all forms of life was a mainstream Enlightenment notion rather than a feature of the so-called 'Counter-Enlightenment'
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780191751653
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199661664.001.0001