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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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Main Author: Lifschitz, Avi, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:
Language and culture > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment.
Langage et culture > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
Enlightenment
Language and culture
1700-1799
Electronic books.
History
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Summary: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'.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780191751653
0191751650