The enlightenment : a genealogy

Interpreting the Enlightenment: on methods -- A map of the Enlightenment: whither France? -- The spirit of the moderns: from the new science to the Enlightenment -- Society, the subject of the modern story -- Quarrel in the Academy: the ancients strike back -- Humanism and Enlightenment: the classic...

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1. Verfasser: Edelstein, Dan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] : Univ. of Chicago Press, 2010
Schlagworte:Enlightenment Philosophy Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of Aufklärung Frankreich Geistesgeschichte
Umfang:XII, 209 S.
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Zusammenfassung:Interpreting the Enlightenment: on methods -- A map of the Enlightenment: whither France? -- The spirit of the moderns: from the new science to the Enlightenment -- Society, the subject of the modern story -- Quarrel in the Academy: the ancients strike back -- Humanism and Enlightenment: the classical style of the philosophes -- The philosophical spirit of the laws: politics and antiquity -- An ancient god: pagans and philosophers -- Post tenebras lux: Begriffsgeschichte or regime d'historicité? -- Ancients and the Orient: translatio imperii -- Enlightened institutions (i): the royal academies versus the Republic of Letters -- Enlightened institutions (ii): universities, censorship, and public instruction -- Worldliness, politeness, and the importance of not being too radical -- From Enlightenment to Revolution: a shared history? -- France and the European Enlightenment -- Modern myths
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (S. [185] - 192) and index
Beschreibung:XII, 209 S. 23 cm
ISBN:0226184498
9780226184494
0226184471
9780226184470