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History and Nature in the Enlightenment - Nathaniel Wolloch

History and Nature in the Enlightenment

Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature
Buch | Softcover
308 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-92274-4 (ISBN)
CHF 69,80 inkl. MwSt
The mastery of nature was viewed by eighteenth-century historians as an important measure of the progress of civilization. This book discusses this topic in connection with the mainstream religious, political, and philosophical elements of Enlightenment culture. It considers works by figures that include Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Herder, Vico, Rayna
The mastery of nature was viewed by eighteenth-century historians as an important measure of the progress of civilization. Modern scholarship has hitherto taken insufficient notice of this important idea. This book discusses the topic in connection with the mainstream religious, political, and philosophical elements of Enlightenment culture. It considers works by Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Herder, Vico, Raynal, Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, and a wide range of lesser- and better-known figures. It also discusses many classical, medieval, and early modern sources which influenced Enlightenment historiography, as well as eighteenth-century attitudes toward nature in general.

Nathaniel Wolloch is an Independent Scholar from Israel, specializing in European intellectual history. He is the author of Subjugated Animals: Animals and Anthropocentrism in Early Modern European Culture (2006), and History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature (2011).

Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Cosmology; Chapter 2 Cultivation; Chapter 3 Rudeness; Chapter 4 Barbarism Civilized;

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 566 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte
ISBN-10 1-032-92274-5 / 1032922745
ISBN-13 978-1-032-92274-4 / 9781032922744
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