Private/Public in 18th-Century Scandinavia
Sari Nauman, "Private/Public in 18th-Century Scandinavia "
English | ISBN: 1350224898 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1350224898 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This open access book looks at how, in the 17th and 18th centuries, a new loanword 'private' came into the Nordic languages. It had very little to do with the way we define the word today. Still, the introduction of it contributed to an emerging discourse that clearly distinguished between the public – usually identified with the state – and its opposite.
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