Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment - Rilegato

Wolff, Larry

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ISBN 10: 0804723141 ISBN 13: 9780804723145

Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Pr, 1994

Riassunto

In this provocative, wide-ranging history of how the continent of Europe came to be conceived as divided into ?Western Europe” and ?Eastern Europe,” the author shows that it was not a natural distinction, or even an innocent one, but instead was a work of cultural creation, of intellectual artifice, of ideological self-interest and self-promotion.

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?Thought-provoking and well written, . . . Wolff s book provides a valuable treatment of the ways in which ?Enlightened thinkers conceive of the lands east of the Elbe. . . . A very welcome contribution to both the history of the Enlightenment and the Western understanding of Eastern Europe. ?The Russian Review
?The distinction between East and West Europe is a seemingly immemorial cliché that desperately needs dismantling, and Wolff does it with erudition and a lively dramatic sense. ?Voice Literary Supplement

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Stanford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0804723141
• ISBN 13: 9780804723145
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 419
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile