| Reading the French Enlightenment Contributor(s): Hayes, Julie Chandler (Author) |
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ISBN: 052165128X ISBN-13: 9780521651288 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $124.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 194 |
| LCCN: 98011650 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in French |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reading the French Enlightenment offers an ambitious reinterpretation of a crucial aspect of eighteenth-century thought, the rationalizing and classifying impulse or systematic spirit. Julie Candler Hayes surveys the past fifty years of philosophical reflection on the Enlightenment, and takes issue both with traditional liberal and with contemporary critical accounts, arguing instead for a new understanding of systematic reason as complex, paradoxical, and ultimately liberating. Through close analysis of philosophical, scientific, and literary texts, she emphasizes the urgency of maintaining a dialogue between past and present, Enlightenment and modernity. |