Cosmopolitanism and Nationhood in the Age of Jefferson.:

'Cosmopolitanism and Nationhood in the Age of Jefferson' explores the origins of modern conceptions of world citizenship and the nation in Jeffersonian America. In today's discussions of a transnational world, cosmopolitanism tends to be understood as a potential antidote to problemat...

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1. Verfasser: Nicolaisen, Peter
Weitere Verfasser: Spahn, Hannah
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2014.
Schriftenreihe:American Studies - A Monograph Series.
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Zusammenfassung:'Cosmopolitanism and Nationhood in the Age of Jefferson' explores the origins of modern conceptions of world citizenship and the nation in Jeffersonian America. In today's discussions of a transnational world, cosmopolitanism tends to be understood as a potential antidote to problematic aspects of nationhood - indeed, cosmopolitanism is often treated as a direct antonym of nationalism. From the perspective of the eighteenth century, however, such an understanding would hardly be self-evident: for Thomas Jefferson and many of his peers in the late Enlightenment, it was possible to conceive of t.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (269 pages)
ISBN:3825374149
9783825374143

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