| China in the German Enlightenment Contributor(s): Brandt, Bettina (Editor), Purdy, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1442648457 ISBN-13: 9781442648456 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Civilization - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| LCCN: 2015298951 |
| Series: German and European Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the course of the eighteenth century, European intellectuals shifted from admiring China as a utopian place of wonder to despising it as a backwards and despotic state. That transformation had little to do with changes in China itself, and everything to do with Enlightenment conceptions of political identity and Europe's own burgeoning global power. China in the German Enlightenment considers the place of German philosophy, particularly the work of Leibniz, Goethe, Herder, and Hegel, in this development. Beginning with the first English translation of Walter Demel's classic essay How the Chinese Became Yellow, the collection's essays examine the connections between eighteenth-century philosophy, German Orientalism, and the origins of modern race theory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brandt, Bettina: - Bettina Brandt is on the faculty of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Penn State University. Purdy, Daniel: - Daniel Leonhard Purdy is on the faculty of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Penn State University. |