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The first appearances of Quesnay in German: about Sinophilia, Sweden and the politics of physiocracy

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  • Gabriel Sabbagh

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This paper uncovers two publications of Quesnay’s Despotisme de la Chine, which are apparently the first translations in German of any work of Quesnay. They were published in the late 1760s in Greifswald, then under Swedish rule, and their translator, Dähnert, managed to remove most traces of Quesnay’s despotism. While the French infatuation with China is the topic of innumerable works, the Sinophilia of Germany and Sweden has been less studied1 and is illustrated with these publications. The paper suggests that Physiocracy and Despotisme de la Chine had a direct influence on the 1772 coup of Gustav III.

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  • Gabriel Sabbagh, 2022. "The first appearances of Quesnay in German: about Sinophilia, Sweden and the politics of physiocracy," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 1-20, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:29:y:2022:i:1:p:1-20
    DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2021.1893779
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