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Genre/Form: | Thèses et écrits académiques |
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Named Person: | Julien Offray de La Mettrie |
Material Type: | Document, Thesis/dissertation |
Document Type: | Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Cécile Lambert, docteure en litteÌrature).; Michel Delon; Jean-Christophe Abramovici; Helmut Pfeiffer; Daniel Fulda; Alain Sandrier; Ann Thomson; Université Paris-Sorbonne (1970-2017).; Humboldt-Universität (Berlin).; École doctorale Littératures françaises et comparée (Paris).; CELLF. |
OCLC Number: | 1020172584 |
Notes: | Thèse soutenue en co-tutelle. Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Responsibility: | Cécile Lambert ; sous la direction de Michel Delon. |
Abstract:
In analyzing the discourses developed by the German Enlightenment on La Mettrie between 1739 and 1789, this thesis aims at re-evaluating the place of materialism in the Franco-German cultural exchanges of the period. The first part specifies the stakes and methods of the study: the literary and philosophical scandal must be considered as a revealing of the principles and operating mechanisms that underlie the productions of the Republic of Letters. The study of the scandal in what he does to the text is a pertinent prism to analyze the problem of French materialism, the work of La Mettrie and the functioning of the space that receives it. The second part examines the initial reception of the Mettrie in Germany between 1739 and 1752. It measures the impact of the scandal on the texts, showing that the work of La Mettrie is taken in debates that reflect in an ambivalent way on its interpretation, even leading to false readings. The third part is concerned with the later reception of the French physician-philosopher. It emphasizes the diversity of discourse produced between 1752 and 1789: a flicker, a sting, an oblique transfer opportunity, a way of contesting and redefining the Enlightenment, the reference to La Mettrie can not be solely interpreted in terms of influences or absence of influences. This course allows, in fine, to read differently the debates between French philosophers and antiphilosophers in the light of the German reception. This thesis underlines the richness of the discussion between France and Germany on materialism, reconsiders the role of La Mettrie and invites us to rediscover an unknown work.
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