China in the German Enlightenment

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-01-17
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt320 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieGerman and European Studies
Antal sidor277
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487545550

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IntroductionDaniel Purdy and Bettina Brandt1. How the Chinese became Yellow: A Contribution to the Early History of Race TheoriesWalter Demel2. Leibniz on the Existence of Philosophy in ChinaFranklin Perkins3. Leibniz between Paris, Grand Tartary, and the Far East: Gerbillon’s Intercepted LetterMichael C. Carhart4. The Problem of China: Asia and Enlightenment Anthropology (Buffon, de Pauw, Blumenbach, Herder)Carl Niekerk5. Localizing China: Of Knowledge, Genres, and German Literary HistoriographyBirgit Tautz6. Eradicating the Orientalists: Goethe’s Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und TageszeitenJohn K. Noyes7. China on Parade: Hegel’s Manipulation of His Sources and His Change of MindRobert Bernasconi8. Neo-Romantic Modernism and Daoism: Martin Buber on the Teaching as FulfillmentJeffrey S. Librett

‘The volume as a whole and each individual essay will inspire future scholarly interest in the German reception of China.’- Weijia Li (Monatshefte ) ‘The book collects eight remarkably coherent essays by historians, philosophers, and Germanists… After reading these well-crafted essays, we cannot help feeling the gratification afforded by new historical knowledge.’- Chenxi Tang (The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory) "This collection of essays by both older and newer voices in Asian-German studies does an excellent job of illuminating both ‘the problem of China’ and ‘the problem of Europe’ from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first. It will undoubtedly spur on new and, hopefully, equally productive responses." - Nicolas A. Germana (University of Toronto Quarterly )