Reading and Seeing Ethnic Differences in the Enlightenment: From China to Africa (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403976413)

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.

Author: B. Tautz
ISBN-10: 1403976414
ISBN-13: 9781403976413
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2007
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.83w x 0.74d