Dositej Obradović [ Travel ]
… and sociable practices in the diffusion of enlightenment ideas. Since there were no meeting places like British pubs or clubs, Obradović had to organize occasions for the most important Serbian cultural figures to meet and discuss the … have seemed strange and at first a waste of time. He soon realized, however, that this socializing together with the clubbing was the antechamber of English culture, literature, art and science. Commenting on the visits of Susannah Cook … of his six-month stay in London he was able to return to his homeland and introduce these British practices of forming clubs and social circles for the diffusion of new ideas. He thereby made an indispensable contribution to the …
Cosmopolitanism | Dissent | Enlightenment | Scotland
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