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Language and Enlightenment [electronic resource] : the Berlin debates of the eighteenth century / Avi Lifschitz.
Series: Oxford historical monographs: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191751653 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Language and culture -- History -- 18th century | Enlightenment
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199661664DDC classification: 306.4409033 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text highlights the importance of language in the social theory, epistemology, and aesthetics of the Enlightenment. It argues that awareness of the historicity and linguistic rootedness of all forms of life was a mainstream Enlightenment notion rather than a feature of the so-called 'Counter-Enlightenment'.
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This text highlights the importance of language in the social theory, epistemology, and aesthetics of the Enlightenment. It argues that awareness of the historicity and linguistic rootedness of all forms of life was a mainstream Enlightenment notion rather than a feature of the so-called 'Counter-Enlightenment'.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 31, 2012).