LEADER 03884nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910785307203321 005 20220915001336.0 010 $a9780226184500 010 $a1-283-05817-0 010 $a9786613058171 010 $a0-226-18450-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226184500 035 $a(CKB)2670000000065865 035 $a(EBL)648130 035 $a(OCoLC)695991317 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000468827 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12143141 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468827 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10508197 035 $a(PQKB)10689161 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC648130 035 $a(DE-B1597)524254 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226184500 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL648130 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10438635 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305817 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000065865 100 $a20100223d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Enlightenment$b[electronic resource] $ea genealogy /$fDan Edelstein 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9780226184470 311 $a0-226-18447-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aInterpreting the Enlightenment: on methods -- A map of the Enlightenment: whither France? -- The spirit of the moderns: from the new science to the Enlightenment -- Society, the subject of the modern story -- Quarrel in the Academy: the ancients strike back -- Humanism and Enlightenment: the classical style of the philosophes -- The philosophical spirit of the laws: politics and antiquity -- An ancient god: pagans and philosophers -- Post tenebras lux: Begriffsgeschichte or regime d'historicite?? -- Ancients and the Orient: translatio imperii -- Enlightened institutions (i): the royal academies versus the Republic of Letters -- Enlightened institutions (ii): universities, censorship, and public instruction -- Worldliness, politeness, and the importance of not being too radical -- From Enlightenment to Revolution: a shared history? -- France and the European Enlightenment -- Modern myths. 330 $aWhat was the Enlightenment? Though many scholars have attempted to solve this riddle, none has made as much use of contemporary answers as Dan Edelstein does here. In seeking to recover where, when, and how the concept of "the Enlightenment" first emerged, Edelstein departs from genealogies that trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. According to Edelstein, by the 1720's scholars and authors in France were already employing a constellation of terms-such as l'esprit philosophique-to describe what we would today call 606 $aEnlightenment$zFrance 606 $aPhilosophy$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aAncients and moderns, Quarrel of 606 $aPhilosophy$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aFrance$xIntellectual life$y18th century 610 $aenlightenment, philosophy, science, art, literature, history, perspective, quarrel of the ancients and moderns, french academies, france, esprit philosophique, dutch republic, england, humanism, orient, revolution, resistance, politics, rights, liberty, freedom, radical, politeness, worldliness, public instruction, censorship, universities, nonfiction. 615 0$aEnlightenment 615 0$aPhilosophy$xHistory 615 0$aAncients and moderns, Quarrel of. 615 0$aPhilosophy$xHistory 676 $a944/.034 700 $aEdelstein$b Dan$0521299 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785307203321 996 $aThe Enlightenment$93678852 997 $aUNINA