The Enlightenment a genealogy /
Edelstein, Dan.
The Enlightenment a genealogy / [electronic resource] : Dan Edelstein. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010. - xii, 209 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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'historicite? -- 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780226184500 (electronic bk.)
Enlightenment--France.
Philosophy--History--France--18th century.
Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of.
Philosophy--History--Europe--18th century.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
Electronic books.
B802 / .E34 2010
944/.034
The Enlightenment a genealogy / [electronic resource] : Dan Edelstein. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010. - xii, 209 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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'historicite? -- 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780226184500 (electronic bk.)
Enlightenment--France.
Philosophy--History--France--18th century.
Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of.
Philosophy--History--Europe--18th century.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
Electronic books.
B802 / .E34 2010
944/.034