Book review
Language and Enlightenment: The Berlin Debates of the Eighteenth Century. By Avi Lifschitz.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. viii–x, 231 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-966166-4 £ 60.00

Reviewed by Stefano Gensini

University of Rome “Sapienza”

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Book reviewLanguage and Enlightenment: The Berlin Debates of the Eighteenth Century. By Avi Lifschitz. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. viii–x, 231 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-966166-4 £ 60.00

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Book review
Language and Enlightenment: The Berlin Debates of the Eighteenth Century. By Avi Lifschitz.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. viii–x, 231 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-966166-4 £ 60.00