Discourse of Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century France - Diderot and the Art of Philosophizing

Klappentext This study focuses on Denis Diderot! whose experimentation with presenting critical knowledge exemplifies the Enlightenment's struggle to produce a rationalist critique of all prior knowledge. Zusammenfassung This study focuses on Denis Diderot! whose experimentation with presenting critical knowledge exemplifies the Enlightenment's struggle to produce a rationalist critique of all prior knowledge. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. Representing knowledge: reading the Encyclopédie; 2. Enlightenment critique and Diderot's art of philosophizing; 3. The matter of judgment and the art of phrasing sensation; 4. Critical narratives: Diderot's Salons; 5. Embodying knowledge; 6. Portraying Diderot: the aftermath; 7. Interpreting Diderot: critical values, critical violence; Notes; Index.

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• Autori: Daniel Brewer, Daniel (University of Minnesota) Brewer, Brewer Daniel
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.12.2006
• EAN: 9780521032216
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03221-6
• Pagine: 316
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in French
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata