Back to Modern Reason
by Arne Jarrick
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How does Johan Hjerpe’s perspective as a lower-middle-class shopkeeper in 1780s Stockholm challenge or expand your previous understanding of the Enlightenment period?
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In what ways does Hjerpe’s daily recording of his thoughts and events reflect the emergence of the modern individual, and how do you document your own inner life today?
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Arne Jarrick uses private diaries to decode broader cultural history; how reliable do you think personal journals are as windows into the collective mindset of a specific era?
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