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Atheism, Religion and Enlightenment in pre-Revolutionary Europe (Hardcover, New)
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Atheism, Religion and Enlightenment in pre-Revolutionary Europe (Hardcover, New)
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
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An investigation into the influence of, and reaction to, the
atheistic writings of the baron d'Holbach. The Baron d'Holbach, a
prominent figure in the French Enlightenment, is best known for his
writings against religion. His prolific campaign of atheism and
anti-clericalism, waged from the printing presses of Amsterdam in
the yearsaround 1770, was so radical that it provoked an
unprecedented public response. For the baron's enemies, at least,
it suggested the end of an era: proof that the likes of Voltaire
and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were simply a cabal of atheists hell-bent
on the destruction of all that was to be cherished about religion
and society. The philosophes, past their prime and under fire,
recognised the need to respond, but struggled to know which way to
turn. France's institutional bodies, lacking unity and fatally
distracted, provided no credible lead. Instead, the voice of reason
came from an unlikely source - independent Christian apologists,
Catholic and Protestant, who attacked the baron on his own terms
and, in the process, irrevocably changed the nature of Christian
writing. This book examines the reception of the works of the baron
d'Holbach throughout francophone Europe. It insists that
d'Holbach's historical importance has been understated, argues the
case for the existence of a significant "Christian Enlightenment"
and raises questions about existing secular models of the
francophone public sphere. MARK CURRAN is the Munby Fellow in
Bibliography, Cambridge University Library.
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