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Deeper into the “Shallow Enlightenment” (Ludwig Tieck, George J. Adler, and Herman Meville)
Before resuming last week’s exploration of the “shallow Enlightenment,” we should take stock of where things stand. What we saw last week was that “shallow” was but one of a number of pejoratives that have been marshaled against the Enlightenment. … Continue reading
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Tagged Begriffsgeschichte, George Adler, History of Concepts, Melville, OED, philosophy, romanticism
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Pursuing the “Shallow Enlightenment” (Part I: Nineteenth-Century Trash-Talk)
In my efforts to make sense of the various pejoratives hurled at the Enlightenment, the one whose depths I’ve yet to plumb is (oddly enough) “shallow.” The term surfaces in a number of places and there’s a lot to be … Continue reading
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Further Thoughts on “the Enlightenment,” the OED, the History of Concepts
Last week’s post ended with some misgivings about the distinction Koselleck drew between the “history of concepts” and the “history of words.” Admittedly, the distinction seems plausible enough: since concepts can be designated by a number of different words (e.g., … Continue reading
The Enlightenment, the OED, and the History of Concepts, with Ngrams
In the fall of 2010, the online Oxford English Dictionary revised its entry for “Enlightenment.” Since 1891 the definition had read as follows: 1. The action of enlightening; the state of being enlightened …. [I]mparting or receiving mental or spiritual … Continue reading
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Tagged Begriffsgeschichte, Hegel, History of Concepts, Ngrams, OED
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