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ENLIGHTENMENT Jonathan Dewald , Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World Peter Hamilton , ‘The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science’ Chris Harman, A People’s History of the World. GÇ. ENLIGHTENMENT-Philosophes.
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ENLIGHTENMENT Jonathan Dewald, Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World Peter Hamilton, ‘The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science’ Chris Harman, A People’s History of the World GÇ
ENLIGHTENMENT-Philosophes Philosophes: -a man of letters who is also a freethinker. -cosmopolitans, who valued the interest of mankind above that of country or clan. -higher classes of the society (aristocracy, bourgeoisie).-revolutionaries?
ENLIGHTENMENT-Encyclopedie, French Academy (1635), Royal Society of London (1645) • En • Encyclopedie • An analytic or descriptive dictionary • Editors: d’Alembert & Diderot • 1751-1772 (17 volumes, 71.818 articles)! • Index librorum prohibitorum! • Universalistic! BM
ENLIGHTENMENT-The Public Space The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (Jurgen Habermas)literate publicrevolution in reading and writingfollowed by “print revolution” of the 16th century!a new form of public sphere-academies-network of masonic lodges-salons - coffehouses, tavern, wine shops Expression and Dissemination of the ideas of the Philosophes
ENLIGHTENMENT-The Public Space Salons and Women Science and sexualityJ.J. Rousseau, Emile (Sophie)reason vs senses/emotionsproper wife and motherkind, soft and emotional Mary Wollstonecraft virtue (?)