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Rousseau and l'infâme : religion, toleration, and fanaticism in the Age of Enlightenment

By John Martin Scott & Ourida Mostefai

Book information

Publisher
Rodopi
Year
2009
ISBN
9042025050, 978-90-420-2505-9, 9781441601100, 1441601104, 9789401206655, 9401206651
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2405230 bytes)
Series
Faux titre no. 326
Pages
308\309
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
-- 1712-1778 -- Religion. Toleration. Fanaticism.-- 1712-1778 Religion.-- 1712-1778. RousseauJean-JacquesRousseau

Description

Ecrasez l'infâme! Voltaire's rallying cry against fanaticism resonates with new force today. Nothing suggests the complex legacy of the Enlightenment more than the struggle of superstition, prejudice, and intolerance advocated by most of the Enlightenment philosophers, regardless of their ideological differences. The aim of this book is to undertake a reconsideration of the controversies surrounding the questions of religion, toleration, and fanaticism in the eighteenth century through an examination of Rousseau's dialogue with Voltaire. What come to light from this confrontation are two leading and at times competing world views and conceptions of the place of the engaged writer in society

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