The Dark Side of Diderot / Le Diderot des ombres (English, French, Paperback, New edition)

This collection of essays investigates the darker aspects of Diderot, writer, art critic, philosopher and encyclopediste. The chapters focus on the schism between positive images of the Enlightenment and an undercurrent of disorder, transgression and clandestine intellectual and social practices. Diderot's role in this fissure is critically scrutinised through an analysis of the interface between Enlightenment and its dark side. In his reticence before authority and censorship, in the richness and complexity of his literary and philosophical works, in the emotional conflict of his theatre, or in his innovative aesthetic vision, Diderot consistently evokes the darker side of the Enlightenment. Cet ouvrage interroge l'aspect plus sombre de Diderot, ecrivain, critique d'art, philosophe et encyclopediste. Les contributeurs traitent du clivage entre d'un cote, les images positives des Lumieres et, de l'autre, le desordre, la revolte, la transgression, les pratiques sociales et intellectuelles clandestines qui en constituent son corollaire parfois sous-jacent. Le role de Diderot au coeur de ce clivage sera analyse dans le cadre d'une interrogation plus large du couple Ombres/Lumieres. Diderot incarne - dans ses reticences devant les autorites et la censure, dans la richesse et la complexite de ses ouvrages litteraires et philosophiques, dans les conflits affectifs de son theatre, ou encore dans sa vision esthetique innovatrice - une alternative, plus sombre, a la marche des Lumieres triomphantes.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	French Studies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, 34
Release date:	December 2015
First published:	2016
Editors:	James Hanrahan • Siofra Pierse
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-431848-8
Languages:	English • French
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-431848-0
Barcode:	9783034318488

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