Global Exchanges of Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century - Hardcover

 
9781837650163: Global Exchanges of Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century

Synopsis

Technological advances during the long eighteenth century brought exciting opportunities for intellectual exchange. Essays focus on Britain, Europe, European colonies in the Caribbean and North America, India and East Asia. They reassess Eurocentric interpretations of a republic of letters, a public sphere, an invention of the self and a reading revolution. Essays also challenge the extent to which European periodizations of 'the Enlightenment' map onto processes of change in other regions.

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About the Authors

James Raven is a Fellow of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of the British Academy, the Society of Antiquaries, and the Royal Historical Society. He was previously Professor of Modern History at the University of Essex, and Professorial Fellow and Reader in Social and Cultural History, University of Oxford.

Despina Magkanari is Research Associate at IZEA (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der Europäischen Aufklärung) -Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg. Her main research interests lie in the transnational history of Oriental studies, the history of Turkology, and the history of Area Studies.

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