Table of Contents

Preface 1. Towards a Vocabulary of the Cosmopolitan 2. Hieroglyphics of Empire 3. Theatres of the World 4. Cities of God 5. Sharing Diogenes' Tub 6. Heavenly Cities of the 18th-Century Philosophers Afterword: Back to the Future Bibliography Index

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The first intellectual history of cosmopolitan ideas in early modern Europe.

About the Author

Leigh T.I. Penman is Research Fellow at Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University, Australia. He is the author of Hope and Heresy: The Problem of Chiliasm in Lutheran Confessional Culture (2019), as well as numerous articles concerning early modern religious and intellectual history.

Reviews

Penman has given us an ambitious, learned essay, written with a generous ambit and a light touch; it is a good antidote to starry-eyed accounts of the Enlightenment, and an invitation to historians to dig our genealogies deeper.
*Journal of British Studies*

Leigh Penman’s beautifully written book traces the long forgotten roots and fascinating history of a concept that has become essential to our vocabulary. Along the way, he reveals several surprising twists and turns that make the book not only erudite but a very enjoyable read.
*Helena Rosenblatt, Professor of History and French, City University of New York, USA*

Penman’s carefully crafted study offers important insights into the early history of a guiding concept that is highly controversial in the modern and postmodern eras.
*German Historical Institute London Bulletin*