Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century - Couverture rigide

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9781442630246: Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1442630248 ISBN 13 : 9781442630246
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2016

Synopsis

For many years, scholars have been moving away from the idea of a singular, secular, rationalistic, and mechanistic "Enlightenment project." Historian Peter Reill has been one of those at the forefront of this development, demonstrating the need for a broader and more varied understanding of eighteenth-century conceptions of nature.


Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century is a unique reappraisal of Enlightenment thought on nature, biology, and the organic world that responds to Reill's work. The ten essays included in the collection analyse the place of historicism, vitalism, and esotericism in the eighteenth century - three strands of thought rarely connected, but all of which are central to Reill's innovative work. Working across national and regional boundaries, they engage not only French and English but also Italian, Swiss, and German writers.

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À propos de l?auteur

Keith Michael Baker is the J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor in the Humanities and a professor in the Department of History at Stanford University.
Jenna M. Gibbs is an associate professor in the Department of History at Florida International University.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1442630248
ISBN 13 
9781442630246
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
280
Éditeur
Baker Keith, Gibbs Jenna
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