Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture Laura Van Prooyen This means

This means

Here self-interest degenerated into a state of war from which humanity could only be extricated by the imposition of a contract

By building the Beloved Community we unify the country around a shared moral vision that transcends ideology and partisanship

that Steiner has been called "the best kept secret of the twentieth century

David Oswell is ideally placed to put this right

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture Laura Van Prooyen This meansAlways interdisciplinary, the field of eighteenth century studies has recently become genuinely international. To reflect this global emphasis, this volume of Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture gathers four essays under the rubric of ''The Geography of Enlightenment.'' Set in a variety of local habitations from the European periphery to the American frontier, each of these essays addresses how a relative sense of place determines interpretation.