Three Deaths and Enlightenment Thought
Stephan Miller
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hardcover. Num Pages: 219 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
In recent years there has been an extended debate about Enlightenment thought. Though many scholars have concluded that there were several "Enlightenments," some continue to make generalizations about the Englightenment and some speak about "the Enlightment agenda." After discussing the cult of the deathbed scene in eighteenth-century Britain and France, the author looks at three currents of Enlightment thought implicit in the deathbed "projects" of David Hume, Samuel Johnson, and Jean Paul Marat. Although Hume and Johnson hold profoundly different views of religion, their political thinking has much in common. Their reformist thought differs radically from what might be called ... Read more
In recent years there has been an extended debate about Enlightenment thought. Though many scholars have concluded that there were several "Enlightenments," some continue to make generalizations about the Englightenment and some speak about "the Enlightment agenda." After discussing the cult of the deathbed scene in eighteenth-century Britain and France, the author looks at three currents of Enlightment thought implicit in the deathbed "projects" of David Hume, Samuel Johnson, and Jean Paul Marat. Although Hume and Johnson hold profoundly different views of religion, their political thinking has much in common. Their reformist thought differs radically from what might be called ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611481402
SKU
V9781611481402
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About Stephan Miller
Stephen Miller has published widely on eighteenth-century intellectual history. His articles on Adam Smith, David Hume, Edmund Burke, Joseph Addison, Samuel Johnson, and Edward Gibbon have appeared in a number of journals, including Sewanee Review, Partisan Review, and the Times Literary Supplement. He has also written two books and many articles on a variety of subjects -from American intellectual history ... Read more
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