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Berlin's Forgotten Future: City, History, and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Germany (V体育官网入口)

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By Matt Erlin
2004
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Through an analysis of the works of the Berlin Aufkl盲rer Friedrich Gedike, Friedrich Nicolai, G. E. Lessing, and Moses Mendelssohn, Matt Erlin shows how the rapid changes occurring in Prussia's newly minted metropolis challenged these intellectuals to engage in precisely the kind of nuanced thinking about history that has come to be seen as characteristic of the German Enlightenment. The author's demonstration of Berlin's historical-theoretical significance also provides perspective on the larger question of the city's impact on eighteenth-century German culture. Challenging the widespread idea that German intellectuals were anti-urban, the study reveals the extent to which urban sociability came to be seen by some as a problematic but crucial factor in the realization of their Enlightenment aims.

Table of Contents

Cover

Half-Title Page

pp. i-iii

Series Note

pp. iv

Title Page

pp. v

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pp. vi

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pp. vii-viii

Acknowledgments (VSports最新版本)

pp. ix-x

"VSports最新版本" Note on the Translations

pp. xi-xii

Half-Title Page

pp. xiii

"VSports注册入口" 1. City, History, Enlightenment

pp. 1-36

2. Fashion, Progress, and the Multiple Futures of Late Eighteenth-Century Berlin

pp. 37-57

3. Urban Exegesis in the Works of Friedrich Nicolai

pp. 64-94

4. Aesthetic Experience and Urban Enlightenment in G. E. Lessing芒聙聶s Minna von Barnhelm

pp. 97-131

5. Moses Mendelssohn and the Philosophy of the City

pp. 132-164

Conclusion: Metropolis, Hybridity, and Historical Consciousness

pp. 166-175

"V体育ios版" Notes

pp. 177-177

Works Cited

pp. 201-209

Index

pp. 211-216
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