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The Problem of Being Modern, Or, The German Pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution
In The Problem of Being Modern, Thomas P. Saine provides a lucid introduction to German thought in the eighteenth century and the struggle of Enlightenment philosophers and writers to come to grips with the profound philosophical and theological implications of new scientific developments since the seventeenth century. He concentrates on those points at which the essential modernity and the secular viewpoint of the Enlightenment conflicted with traditional thought structures rooted in the religious world view that governed attitudes and behavior far into the eighteenth century.
The Plays of David Garrick: Garrick's own plays, 1740-1766
David Garrick's accomplishments as an actor, manager, and theatrical innovator brought him great fame and fortune, and his ideas influenced not only his own age but succeeding ages as well. Yet as a playwright, a part of the elegant combination of talents that was David Garrick, he has never achieved the critical reputation he richly deserves, in main because of the unavailability of texts and the lack of proper assessment of the historic importance of his plays in the English theatre. This first complete edition makes available to scholars and students all the plays of Garrick in well edited texts, with commentary and notes. The two volumes of Garrick's own plays published together here i...
Kirche in revolutionärer Zeit
Fokussiert auf die Herzogtümer Schleswig und Holstein widmet sich die hier vorgelegte Arbeit nicht nur der kirchen- und theologiegeschichtlichen, sondern auch der allgemein-historischen Forschung im Kontext der postrevolutionären Phase nach 1789 über den Vormärz bis zu den 1848er Ereignissen und deren Folgen. Der Blick richtet sich sowohl auf die übergeordneten politik-, verfassungs-, wirtschafts-, sozial- und kirchengeschichtlichen Zusammenhänge wie auch auf eine Vielzahl bislang überhaupt nicht oder kaum ausgewerteter Quellen. Dabei dient die Betrachtung vormärzlicher journalistischer Theoriebildung der kirchengeschichtlichen Darstellung einer von außerhalb ihrer selbst betrachteten Kirche. In der Darstellung von Makrohistorie und ausdifferenzierter Interpretation von Quellenmaterial präsentiert die Untersuchung einen längst überfälligen Baustein zum weiteren Verständnis eines wesentlichen und anregenden Forschungsgebietes.
Out of the Ghetto
Out of the Ghetto is an account of the developing interrelationship between the Jews and their Gentile environment unique in its breadth and objectivity. He presents the story of Jewish emancipation as a whole, from both Jewish and non-Jewish points of view. If the results of the Jewish emancipation process differed from country to country, the forces effecting the changes were identical—the upheaval of the French Revolution, the loosening of bonds between church and state, and the ideas of the Enlightenment. It was those humanistic ideas which made possible the Jew's transition from the ghetto to partial inclusion in society at large and which attracted Jewish intellectuals to the "secular knowledge" of languages, mathematics, philosophy, and the wider world beyond their ancient learning.
Encyclopedia of German Literature
Designed to provide English readers of German literature the opportunity to familiarize themselves with both the established canon and newly emerging literatures that reflect the concerns of women and ethnic minorities, the Encyclopedia of German Literature includes more than 500 entries on writers, individual work, and topics essential to an understanding of this rich literary tradition. Drawing on the expertise of an international group of experts, the essays in the encyclopedia reflect developments of the latest scholarship in German literature, culture, and history and society. In addition to the essays, author entries include biographies and works lists; and works entries provide information about first editions, selected critical editions, and English-language translations. All entries conclude with a list of further readings.
