Rousseau and l'Infâme : Religion, Toleration, and fanaticism in the age of the Enlightenment - Couverture souple

Mostefai, Ourida; Scott, John T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9042025050 ISBN 13 : 9789042025059

Editeur : Editions Rodopi B.V., 2009

Synopsis

"Ecrasez l'infme"! Voltaire's rallying cry against fanaticism resonates with new force today. Nothing suggests the complex legacy of the Enlightenment more than the struggle of superstition, prejudice, and intolerance advocated by most of the Enlightenment philosophers, regardless of their ideological differences. The aim of this book is to undertake a reconsideration of the controversies surround...

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Ourida Mostefai is Associate Professor of French at Boston College. Author of Le Citoyen de Genève et la République des Lettres: étude de la controverse autour de la Lettre à dAlembert (2003), she has edited Lectures de La Nouvelle Héloïse (1993) and co-edited, with John C. ONeal, Approaches to Teaching Rousseaus Confessions and Rêveries (2003).
John T. Scott is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. He has translated and edited Rousseaus Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music, and edited Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers (4 volumes, 2005). He is the author, with Robert Zaretsky, of The Rift: Rousseau, Hume and the Quarrel that Shook the Enlightenment (2009).

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ecrasez linfâme! Voltaires rallying cry against fanaticism resonates with new force today. Nothing suggests the complex legacy of the Enlightenment more than the struggle of superstition, prejudice, and intolerance advocated by most of the Enlightenment philosophers, regardless of their ideological differences. The aim of this book is to undertake a reconsideration of the controversies surrounding the questions of religion, toleration, and fanaticism in the eighteenth century through an examination of Rousseaus dialogue with Voltaire. What come to light from this confrontation are two leading and at times competing world views and conceptions of the place of the engaged writer in society.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 9042025050
• ISBN 13: 9789042025059
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 308