Transactions of the Fifth international congress on the Enlightenment / Actes du Cinquième congrès international des Lumières / Atti del Quinto congresso internazionale sull'Illuminismo

<br/>Contents of volume 1 <br/> Inaugural addresses <br/> Plenary sessions <br/> 1. The Enlightenment: problems of periodisation <br/> 2. Present-day viewpoints on the Enlightenment <br/> 3. The 'philosophes' and politics <br/> 4. The sciences and...

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Language:English
Published: Voltaire Foundation 2017
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Summary:<br/>Contents of volume 1 <br/> Inaugural addresses <br/> Plenary sessions <br/> 1. The Enlightenment: problems of periodisation <br/> 2. Present-day viewpoints on the Enlightenment <br/> 3. The 'philosophes' and politics <br/> 4. The sciences and epistemology <br/><br/> Contents of volume 2 <br/> 5. Reflecting upon history <br/> 6. Utopias and utopians <br/> 7. The sciences of society <br/> 8. The beginnings and development of political economy <br/> 9. Crisis and reform in the social institutions <br/> 10. Collective mentalities <br/><br/> Contents of volume 3 <br/> 11. Religious trends <br/> 12. Anthropology and linguistics <br/> 13. Narrative theories and techniques <br/> 14. Dramatic forms and structures <br/><br/> Contents of volume 4 <br/> 15. Poetry and poetics <br/> 16. Music and the figurative arts <br/> 17. The spread and social impact of books and culture <br/> 18. The portrayal and condition of women in eighteenth-century literature <br/>