Shifting the Boundaries: Transformation of the Languages of Public and Private in the Eighteenth Century

Shifting the Boundaries: Transformation of the Languages of Public and Private in the Eighteenth Century
ISBN-10
0859894444
ISBN-13
9780859894449
Category
History
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Authors
Lesley Sharpe, Head of German Department and Reader in German Literature Lesley Sharpe, Dario Castiglione

Description

"The book mounts a challenge to the notion of a clear distinction between public and private and attempts to account for the mobility of the many boundaries between the two. The first essay introduces some of those problematic boundaries in the light of the influential studies of Habermas, Koselleck, Aries and Chartier, who together have helped shape our understanding of the formation of the modern public and private spheres. A number of essays deal with the nature of public opinion in relation to state control and with the role of the intelligentsia. Some investigate non-political forms of sociability and the creation of various kinds of publics within the cultural realm. Others scrutinize gender roles and the validity of the accepted correspondence of male/female to public/private in the light of women's use of the printed word.

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