Enlightenment or Empire: Colonial Discourse in German Culture

by Russell A. Berman

Book Overview

Enlightenment or Empire is a crucial contribution to our understanding of the culture of European colonialism. The book opens with a bold reconsideration of the relationship between the Enlightenment and colonialism, at the heart of which is an examination of two parallel texts--Captain James Cook's and Georg Foster's accounts of Cook's voyage of 1773. Berman then examines geography, religion, gender, and fiction in the writings of nineteenth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803222289
• ISBN13: 9780803222281
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"