The Enlightenment a genealogy.

What was the Enlightenment? Though many scholars have attempted to solve this riddle, none has made as much use of contemporary answers as Dan Edelstein does here. In seeking to recover where, when, and how the concept of “the Enlightenment” first emerged, Edelstein departs from genealogies that tra...

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Main Author Edelstein, Dan
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago University of Chicago Press 2010
The University of Chicago Press
Edition1
Subjects
18th century
Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of
Culture
Enlightenment
Enlightenment > France
enlightenment, philosophy, science, art, literature, history, perspective, quarrel of the ancients and moderns, french academies, france, esprit philosophique, dutch republic, england, humanism, orient, revolution, resistance, politics, rights, liberty, freedom, radical, politeness, worldliness, public instruction, censorship, universities, nonfiction
Europe
France
France > Intellectual life > 18th century
Genealogy
HISTORY
HISTORY / General
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
Philosophy
Philosophy > Europe > History > 18th century
Philosophy > France > History > 18th century
Social change
France
Europe
enlightenment, philosophy, science, art, literature, history, perspective, quarrel of the ancients and moderns, french academies, france, esprit philosophique, dutch republic, england, humanism, orient, revolution, resistance, politics, rights, liberty, freedom, radical, politeness, worldliness, public instruction, censorship, universities, nonfiction
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Table of Contents:
  • The Enlightenment: a genealogy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interpreting the Enlightenment: On Methods -- 2. A Map of the Enlightenment: Whither France? -- 3. The Spirit of the Moderns: From the New Science to the Enlightenment -- 4. Society, the Subject of the Modern Story -- 5. Quarrel in the Academy: The Ancients Strike Back -- 6. Humanism and Enlightenment: The Classical Style of the Philosophes -- 7. The Philosophical Spirit of the Laws: Politics and Antiquity -- 8. An Ancient God: Pagans and Philosophers -- 9. Post Tenebras Lux: Begriffsgeschichte or Régime d'Historicité? -- 10. Ancients and the Orient: Translatio Imperii -- 11. Enlightened Institutions (I): The Royal Academies versus the Republic of Letters -- 12. Enlightened Institutions (II): Universities, Censorship, and Public Instruction -- 13. Worldliness, Politeness, and the Importance of Not Being Too Radical -- 14. From Enlightenment to Revolution: A Shared History? -- 15. France and the European Enlightenment -- 16. Conclusion: Modern Myths -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography for the Enlightenment -- Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interpreting the Enlightenment: On Methods -- 2. A Map of the Enlightenment: Whither France? -- 3. The Spirit of the Moderns: From the New Science to the Enlightenment -- 4. Society, the Subject of the Modern Story -- 5. Quarrel in the Academy: The Ancients Strike Back -- 6. Humanism and Enlightenment: The Classical Style of the "Philosophes -- 7. The Philosophical Spirit of the Laws: Politics and Antiquity -- 8. An Ancient God: Pagans and Philosophers -- 9 "Post Tenebras Lux: Begriffsgeschichte" or "Régime d'Historicité? -- 10. Ancients and the Orient: "Translatio Imperii -- 11. Enlightened Institutions (I): The Royal Academies versus the Republic of Letters -- 12. Enlightened Institutions (II): Universities, Censorship, and Public Instruction -- 13. Worldliness, Politeness, and the Importance of Not Being Too Radical -- 14. From Enlightenment to Revolution: A Shared History? -- 15. France and the European Enlightenment -- 16. Conclusion: Modern Myths -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography for the Enlightenment -- Index
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Contents --
  • 5. Quarrel in the Academy: The Ancients Strike Back --
  • 14. From Enlightenment to Revolution: A Shared History? --
  • Abbreviations --
  • 13. Worldliness, Politeness, and the Importance of Not Being Too Radical --
  • 11. Enlightened Institutions (I): The Royal Academies versus the Republic of Letters --
  • 2. A Map of the Enlightenment: Whither France? --
  • 6. Humanism and Enlightenment: The Classical Style of the Philosophes --
  • Selected Bibliography for the Enlightenment --
  • Index
  • 15. France and the European Enlightenment --
  • 16. Conclusion: Modern Myths --
  • 8. An Ancient God: Pagans and Philosophers --
  • 3. The Spirit of the Moderns: From the New Science to the Enlightenment --
  • 12. Enlightened Institutions (II): Universities, Censorship, and Public Instruction --
  • Frontmatter --
  • 1. Interpreting the Enlightenment: On Methods --
  • Notes --
  • 4. Society, the Subject of the Modern Story --
  • 9.Post Tenebras Lux: Begriff sgeschichte or Régime d’Historicité? --
  • Introduction --
  • 7. The Philosophical Spirit of the Laws: Politics and Antiquity --
  • 10. Ancients and the Orient: Translatio Imperii --