ABSTRACT
Expansionism codifies a spectacular archive of success tethered more often than not to the foundation of what has come to be known as “western civilization.” The key word is expansion: the spatial coordinate of this episteme cannot be emphasized enough; it is in the expansive potential and reality of the Enlightenment, both as a concept and as lived experience, that its newness is immanent. Citizenship is made manifest when it is performed and witnessed in public space where bodies meet, mingle, and take action, where business is conducted or entertainment is offered and consumed, and where goods are packaged, marketed, and sold. Embedded in the earliest records of this manor house and its floor plans is evidence of how this private space was sanitized and then scripted toward creating a new and “public” nation-space which would be a fitting foundation for an information society.
