China in the German Enlightenment / edited by Bettina Brandt and Daniel Leonhard Purdy.

Other author Purdy, Daniel L.
Other author Brandt, Bettina.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoToronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Descriptionix, 210 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
German literature--18th century. --History and criticism.
Enlightenment--Germany.
Philosophy, German--18th century.
Orientalism--Germany. --History. --18th century.
Orientalism in literature.
Race in literature.
Chinese in literature.
China--In literature.

SeriesGerman and European studies ; 24
Abstract "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."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015298951
ISBN9781442648456 (cloth)
ISBN1442648457 (cloth)