Placing the Enlightenment : thinking geographically about the age of reason / Charles W.J. Withers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Withers, Charles W. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

Philosophy, Modern--18th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Geography.

Space.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Enlightenment was the age in which the world became modern, challenging tradition in favor of reason, freedom, and critical inquiry. While many aspects of the Enlightenment have been rigorously scrutinized-its origins and motivations, its principal characters and defining features, its legacy and modern relevance-the geographical dimensions of the era have until now largely been ignored. Placing the Enlightenment contends that the Age of Reason was not only a period of pioneering geographical investigation but also an age with spatial dimensions to its content and conce

Contents:

Introduction: the Enlightenment

questions of geography

Geographies of the Enlightenment

The Enlightenment in national context

Above and beyond the nation : cosmopolitan networks

Doing Enlightenment : local sites and social spaces

Geographical knowledge and the Enlightenment world

Exploring, traveling, mapping

Encountering the physical world

Geographies of human difference

Geography in the Enlightenment

Geography and the book

Geography in practice

Spaces and forms of geographical sociability

Conclusion: the Enlightenmen

questions of geography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-314) and index.

ISBN:

9786611966850

9781281966858

1281966851

9780226904078

0226904075

OCLC:

646784289