Reading and Seeing Ethnic Differences in the Enlightenment: From China to Africa Board Games Donna Bailey Nurse’s lively and

Donna Bailey Nurse’s lively and invaluable introduction deftly explores the various themes and motifs that define and illuminate the meaning of being black

this work will appeal to young people and the general public and will provide ample choice of quotations for speeches

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Reading and Seeing Ethnic Differences in the Enlightenment: From China to Africa Board Games Donna Bailey Nurse’s lively andThis book investigates the contested ways in which eighteenth century German philosophers, scientists, poets, and dramatists perceived and represented China and Africa from 1680 to 1830. Tautz demonstrates in compelling ways that reading China allowed for the integration of cultural difference into Enlightenment universalism, whereas seeing Africa exposed irreducible differences that undermined any claims of universality. By working through the case