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

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Shifting the Boundaries: Transformation of the Languages of Public and Private in the Eighteenth Century - Castiglione, Dario (Editor), and Sharpe, Lesley (Editor)
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A collection of essays, written by well-known specialists in their fields, which deal with the problematic and ever-shifting boundaries between the public and the private spheres in Western Europe in the eighteenth century. It examines and challenges the notion that there was a clear distinction between the emerging public sphere, which mediated between the State and individuals and provided a forum for Enlightenment debates, and the private, intimate or familial sphere.The essays focus on political, legal, historiographic, ...

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Shifting the Boundaries: Transformation of the Languages of Public and Private in the Eighteenth Century 1995, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool

ISBN-13: 9780859894449

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