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9780521030960: Reading the French Enlightenment: System and Subversion

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This 1999 book is an ambitious reinterpretation of a crucial aspect of eighteenth-century thought, the rationalizing and classifying impulse.

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Recensione

"readers, especially intellectual historians of science, will find her treatment of Enlightenment text rewarding." The Historian

"This is a rich and impressive study." International Studies in Philosophy, Harvey Chisick

Descrizione del libro

This 1999 book surveys the past fifty years of philosophical reflection on the Enlightenment, and takes issue both with traditional liberal and with contemporary critical accounts. Through close analysis of philosophical, scientific and literary texts, it emphasizes the urgency of maintaining a dialogue between past and present, Enlightenment and modernity.

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9780521651288: Reading the French Enlightenment: System and Subversion

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  052165128X ISBN 13:  9780521651288
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1999
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