From Pennsylvania to Transylvania: August Ludwig Schlözer and the decentering of Enlightenment
Benedek Varga
This article analyzes the historical and political thinking of eighteenth-century German historian August Ludwig Schlözer, in context American War Independence French Revolution. The argues that Schlözer's disillusionment with these transformative events led him to identify settlers medieval Transylvania as agents a better Enlightenment. In doing so, Schlözer constructed history Transylvanian colony an antithesis colonial endeavors, while redefining frameworks enlightened progress both time space. this way, translated marginal East–Central European region into world-historical narrative.
Modern Intellectual History