"Cameralism and the Enlightenment reassesses the relationship between two key phenomena of European history often disconnected from each other. It builds on recent insights from global history, transnational history and Enlightenment studies to reflect on the dynamic interaction…
"The Spectators shaped European identity by developing the strategies of critical journalism and by popularizing the ideas and values of the Age of Enlightenment. In this collection, we present a series of contributions which study "storytelling" in English, French, Spanish, Ita…
Breslau has been almost entirely forgotten in the Anglophone sphere as a place of Enlightenment. Moreover, in the context of the Jewish Enlightenment, Breslau has never been discussed as a place of intercultural exchange between German-speaking Jewish, Protestant and Catholic in…
"The Enlightenment that Failed explores the growing rift between those Enlightenment trends and initiatives that appealed exclusively to elites and those aspiring to enlighten all of society by raising mankind's awareness, freedoms, and educational level generally. Jonathan I. I…
"Examining the discourse of 'home' and 'exile' in Enlightenment thought, this book explores its role in British imperial expansion during the 'long' 18th century. European imperial expansion radically increased population mobility through new trade routes, war, disease and labou…
Introduction. Notes and queries on global music history / Martin Stokes -- Enlightenment. Ancient Greeks, world music and early modern constructions of Western European identity / David R.M. Irving ; Analytical encounters : global music criticism and enlightenment ethnomusicolog…