Enlightenment shadows / Genevieve Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Genevieve, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

Philosophy, Modern--18th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Genevieve Lloyd presents a new study of the place of Enlightenment thought in intellectual history and of its continued relevance. She offers original readings of a range of key texts, which highlight the ways in which Enlightenment thinkers enacted in their writing - and reflected on - the interplay of intellect, imagination, and emotion.

Contents:

Introduction : the enlightenment and its future

Cosmopolitan imagining : Montesquieu's Persian letters

In celebration of not knowing : Voltaire's voices

Hume's sceptic

As seen by others : Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments

'Changing the common mode of thinking' : d'Alembert and Diderot on the encyclopedia

The attractions of instability : Diderot's Rameau's nephew

Kantian cosmopolitanism : perpetual peace.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 24, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-874823-X

0-19-175701-2

0-19-164833-7

OCLC:

854555259