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Enemies of the Philosophers: Anti-philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment
Publisher
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Albin Michel
Parution date
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2000
EAN
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9782226116635
Description
The adversaries of Voltaire and Diderot were long regarded as old-fashioned, conservative, «behind the times.» Behind the term «anti-philosophy» lies a multitude of movements (Jansenists, Jesuits, Apologists…) linked by one common point. These ardent polemists disdained the philosophers, accusing them of monopolizing the cultural scene. In this fascinating and well-researched work, Didier Masseau depicts life in the intellectual milieu, career strategies, education and the diffusion of ideas in the latter half of the 18th century in France.
Author
Didier Masseau : Didier Masseau is a professor of 18th-century French literature at the University of Tours. He is most notably the author of L’Invention de l’intellectuel dans l’Europe du XVIIIe siècle (Presses Universitaires de France, 1994).
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