Translating the enlightenment Scottish civic discourse in eighteenth-century Germany
This study examines how political ideas travel across languages and cultures. It examines the reception in Germany of the civic theories of the Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson and shows how German intellectuals misread his work in a way which opened up fruitful insights
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1995, 1995
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs / Oxford historical monographs
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This study examines how political ideas travel across languages and cultures. It examines the reception in Germany of the civic theories of the Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson and shows how German intellectuals misread his work in a way which opened up fruitful insights |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 356 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191676543 |