Dear colleagues,
Palgrave has just released the following title:
Birgit Tautz, /Reading and Seeing Ethnic Difference in the
Enlightenment: From Africa to China
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description from front flap:
This book investigates the contested ways in which eighteenth-century
German philosophers, scientists, poets, and dramatists perceived and
represented China and Africa from 1680 to 1830. Tautz demonstrates in
compelling ways that reading China allowed for the integration of
cultural difference into Enlightenment universalism, whereas seeing
Africa exposed irreducible differences that undermined any claims of
universality. By working through the case of eighteenth-century Germany
and Europe, the book adds an important cross-cultural and historical
dimension to questions relevant to our world today.
I'm looking forward to discussion and feedback. Thanks,
Birgit Tautz
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