The process of Enlightenment : essays by and inspired by Hans Erich Bödeker / edited by Jonas Gerlings and Ere Nokkala ; [two essays translated by Keith Tribe].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bödeker, Hans Erich, author, honouree.

Contributor:

Gerlings, Jonas, editor.

Nokkala, Ere, 1978- editor.

Tribe, Keith, translator.

Liverpool University Press, publisher.

Voltaire Foundation.

Series:

Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2024:07.

Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2634-8047 ; 2024:07

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Germany--21st century.

Philosophy.

Enlightenment--Germany--21st century.

Enlightenment.

Physical Description:

xii, 423 pages : frontispiece, illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Liverpool University Press on behalf of the Voltaire Foundation, [2024]

Summary:

"The historiographical concept 'Enlightenment' has for a long time wavered between the idea of a single unified Enlightenment and the notion of multiple competing enlightenments. This volume revisits this seeming contradiction by asserting that the Enlightenment should be understood as a shared process of communication, seeking ways to accommodate and mediate rival ideologies and orient enlightenment projects towards the betterment of humankind. Taking the work of the eminent Enlightenment scholar Hans Erich Bödeker as their point of departure, the different chapters seek to explore this perspective through specific case studies of political communication. Readers are offered a selection of Bödeker's texts never previously translated into English, along with a series of contributions from his former colleagues, students, and collaborators. In doing so the book displays the broad scope of Bödeker's own work, as well as the multiplicity of themes captured within the framework of the Enlightenment. Genres, modes, and strategies of communication are contrasted with the institutions and cultural practices underpinning them. In exploring the depth and scope of Bödeker's work, the volume pays tribute to a German tradition rooted in historical semantics, while at the same time querying its present state and its future."-- Provided by vendor.

Notes:

"This volume is the outcome of the conference 'Enlightenment man', held in honour of Hans Erich Bödeker in 2017."--Page xi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Container of: Bödeker, Hans Erich. Aufklärung als Kommunikationsprozeß. English.

Container of: Bödeker, Hans Erich. Aufklärung über Aufklärung? English.

ISBN:

1802071865

9781802071863

OCLC:

1396788511