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Named Person: | Denis Diderot; Denis Diderot; Denis Diderot; Denis Diderot |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Anthony Strugnell |
ISBN: | 9024715407 9789024715404 |
OCLC Number: | 815538 |
Description: | ix, 253 pages 24 cm. |
Contents: | Part One: Philosophical and moral foundations -- I. Materialism and the Morale Universelle -- Morale Universelle and morale Particuliere -- Morale Universelle and the Sage -- Passivity and dynamism -- II. Society and the individual -- Natural morality and civilisation -- The uniqueness of the individual -- III. From individual to citizen -- Materialism and the theory of consciousness -- Individuation and socialisation -- Senecca and the ideal citizen -- Part Two: The evolution of Diderot's political thought -- I.A coherent absolutism -- Absolutism and enlightenment -- Mercier de la Riviere and evidence -- Dom Deschamps and the Etat de Moeurs -- II. First doubts -- Galiani and economic empiricism -- Frederick II and the betrayal of the philosopher-king -- III. Maupeou and the dismissal of the Parlements -- The failure of absolutism -- III. Fading hopes -- Holland: the myth -- Diderot and Catherine II: an attempt at conversion -- IV. The end of an illusion -- Popular sovereignty versus enlightened despotism -- Holland: the reality -- Louis XVI: New hope at home -- V. Towards revolution -- Diderot between Turgot and Necker -- The American Revolution and Diderot's doctrine of revolution -- Society after the revolution. |
Series Title: | Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, v. 62. |
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