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- The Enlightenment : A Genealogy Paperback Dan Edelstein
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226184498
ISBN-13
9780226184494
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84259035
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Enlightenment : a Genealogy
Subject
Modern / 18th Century, European / French, Europe / France, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Europe / General
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Literary Collections, History
Format
Trade Paperback
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0.1 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
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0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-007668
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Dan Edelstein's incisive book argues that before we define the Enlightenment as an historical period or debate it as a philosophical project we need to appreciate it as a story told by a set of self-conscious French moderns about the emergence of new social forms shaped by the methods and mentality of scientific reason. Reconstructing the chapters of this story in his own vivid style, Edelstein sets students on a sure path through the thicket of scholarly commentary while challenging specialists to re-examine their own understanding of this key episode in intellectual history."Patrick Coleman, University of California, Los Angeles, "Dan Edelstein, one of the very best contemporary scholars of eighteenth-century French culture, has produced another tour-de-force of a book with this brilliant, provocative study of how, when, and where the Enlightenment was first defined."David A. Bell, Princeton University, "This study articulates a resolutely innovative argument for a narrative as opposed to a epistemological understanding of the Enlightenment. Edelstein's careful attention to how the Enlightenment itself imagined its origins and objectives clears away layers of obfuscating accretions. User-friendly and eminently well informed, this critical synthesis becomes a manifesto reorienting Enlightenment studies in new and provocative directions. Those who would understand what the Enlightenment was and is could not find a better guide."-Thomas M. Kavanagh, Yale University, "In this concise, bold, and innovative book, Dan Edelstein offers us an original account of the Enlightenment. It convincingly argues that the Enlightenment is above all a narrative about social and cultural changes and that its origins can be found in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. Therefore, by reconsidering the importance of the French esprit philosophique in the European Enlightenment, this book will be of considerable importance for every scholar and student interested in this period."Antoine Lilti, Ecole Normale Superieure, "In this concise, bold, and innovative book, Dan Edelstein offers us an original account of the Enlightenment. It convincingly argues that the Enlightenment is above all a narrative about social and cultural changes and that its origins can be found in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. Therefore, by reconsidering the importance of the Frenchesprit philosophiquein the European Enlightenment, this book will be of considerable importance for every scholar and student interested in this period."-Antoine Lilti, Ecole Normale Supérieure, "Dan Edelstein's incisive book argues that before we define the Enlightenment as an historical period or debate it as a philosophical project we need to appreciate it as a story told by a set of self-conscious French moderns about the emergence of new social forms shaped by the methods and mentality of scientific reason. Reconstructing the chapters of this story in his own vivid style, Edelstein sets students on a sure path through the thicket of scholarly commentary while challenging specialists to re-examine their own understanding of this key episode in intellectual history."-Patrick Coleman, University of California, Los Angeles, "This study articulates a resolutely innovative argument for a narrative as opposed to a epistemological understanding of the Enlightenment. Edelstein's careful attention to how the Enlightenment itself imagined its origins and objectives clears away layers of obfuscating accretions. User-friendly and eminently well informed, this critical synthesis becomes a manifesto reorienting Enlightenment studies in new and provocative directions. Those who would understand what the Enlightenment was and is could not find a better guide."Thomas M. Kavanagh, Yale University
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Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
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 trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. According to Edelstein, by the 1720s scholars and authors in France were already employing a constellation of terms--such as l'esprit philosophique --to describe what we would today call the Enlightenment. But Edelstein argues that it was within the French Academies, and in the context of the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, that the key definition, concepts, and historical narratives of the Enlightenment were crafted. A necessary corrective to many of our contemporary ideas about the Enlightenment, Edelstein's book turns conventional thinking about the period on its head. Concise, clear, and contrarian, The Enlightenment will be welcomed by all teachers and students of the period., 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 trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. According to Edelstein, by the 1720s scholars and authors in France were already employing a constellation of terms-such as l'esprit philosophique -to describe what we would today call the Enlightenment. But Edelstein argues that it was within the French Academies, and in the context of the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, that the key definition, concepts, and historical narratives of the Enlightenment were crafted. A necessary corrective to many of our contemporary ideas about the Enlightenment, Edelstein's book turns conventional thinking about the period on its head. Concise, clear, and contrarian, The Enlightenment will be welcomed by all teachers and students of the period.
LC Classification Number
B802.E34 2010
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