Berlin's Forgotten Future: City, History, and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Germany - Brossura

Erlin, Matt

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1469614634 ISBN 13: 9781469614632

Casa editrice: The University of North Carolina Press, 2014

Riassunto

Through an analysis of the works of the Berlin Aufklarer Friedrich Gedike, Friedrich Nicolai, G. E. Lessing, and Moses Mendelssohn, Matt Erlin shows how the rapid changes occurring in Prussia's newly minted metropolis challenged these intellectuals to engage in precisely the kind of nuanced thinking about history that has come to be seen as characteristic of the German Enlightenment. The author's demonstration of Berlin's historical-theoretical significance also provides a fresh perspective on the larger question of the city's impact on eighteenth-century German culture. Challenging the widespread idea that German intellectuals were antiurban, the study reveals the extent to which urban sociability came to be seen by some as a problematic but crucial factor in the realization of their Enlightenment aims.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: The University of North Carolina Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1469614634
• ISBN 13: 9781469614632
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 234