Abstract
The term Enlightenment (or Aufklärung) remains heavily contested. Even when historians delimit the remit of the concept, assigning it to a particular historical period rather than to an intellectual or moral programme, the public resonance of the Enlightenment remains high and problematic—especially when equated in an essentialist manner with modernity or some core values of ‘the West’. This Forum has been convened to discuss recent research on the Enlightenment in Germany, different views of the term and its ideological use in public discourse outside academia (and sometimes within it).
Original language | English |
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Article number | ghx104 |
Pages (from-to) | 588–602 |
Journal | German history |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 26 Sept 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Enlightenment
- Aufklärung
- historiography
- eighteenth century