The Resource Prose of the world : Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, (electronic resource)
Prose of the world : Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- "Philosopher and translator, critic and writer, art agent and encyclopedist: Denis Diderot was one of the defining figures of the movement that has gone down in history as the European Enlightenment. But what is the vanishing point of his diverse oeuvre, which, unlike the works of his contemporaries Voltaire and Rousseau, Schiller, Kant and Hume, is characterized by an almost centrifugal dynamic? Alongside scenes from Diderot's turbulent and moving life and close readings of his key works, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht explores this question, developing a new approach to this extraordinary intellectual"--
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
- Note
- "Originally published in German in 2020 under the title "Prosa der Welt" : Denis Diderot und die Peripherie der Aufklärung
- Contents
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- "On fait de moi ce qu'on veut" : a happy day in Diderot's life
- "Prose of the world" : is there a place for Diderot in Hegel's system?
- "Je suis dans ce monde et j'y reste" : ontology of existence in "Le neveu de Rameau"
- "Choses bizarres écrites sur le grand rouleau" : powers of contingency in "Jacques le fataliste et son maître"
- "Le prodige, c'est la vie" : metabolizing materialism in "Le rêve de d'Alembert"
- "Quels tableaux!" : acts of judgment and the singularity of phenomena in "Les salons"
- "Prose of the world" : who is Denis Diderot (and what is the "Encyclopédie")?
- "Je ne fais rien" : the last three years in Diderot's life
- Isbn
- 9781503615250
- Label
- Prose of the world : Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment
- Title
- Prose of the world
- Title remainder
- Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment
- Statement of responsibility
- Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- "Philosopher and translator, critic and writer, art agent and encyclopedist: Denis Diderot was one of the defining figures of the movement that has gone down in history as the European Enlightenment. But what is the vanishing point of his diverse oeuvre, which, unlike the works of his contemporaries Voltaire and Rousseau, Schiller, Kant and Hume, is characterized by an almost centrifugal dynamic? Alongside scenes from Diderot's turbulent and moving life and close readings of his key works, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht explores this question, developing a new approach to this extraordinary intellectual"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- CSt/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Diderot, Denis
- Enlightenment
- France
- Label
- Prose of the world : Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, (electronic resource)
- Note
- "Originally published in German in 2020 under the title "Prosa der Welt" : Denis Diderot und die Peripherie der Aufklärung
- Contents
- "On fait de moi ce qu'on veut" : a happy day in Diderot's life -- "Prose of the world" : is there a place for Diderot in Hegel's system? -- "Je suis dans ce monde et j'y reste" : ontology of existence in "Le neveu de Rameau" -- "Choses bizarres écrites sur le grand rouleau" : powers of contingency in "Jacques le fataliste et son maître" -- "Le prodige, c'est la vie" : metabolizing materialism in "Le rêve de d'Alembert" -- "Quels tableaux!" : acts of judgment and the singularity of phenomena in "Les salons" -- "Prose of the world" : who is Denis Diderot (and what is the "Encyclopédie")? -- "Je ne fais rien" : the last three years in Diderot's life
- Control code
- ssj0002433298
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781503615250
- Lccn
- 2020038191
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0002433298
- Label
- Prose of the world : Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, (electronic resource)
- Note
- "Originally published in German in 2020 under the title "Prosa der Welt" : Denis Diderot und die Peripherie der Aufklärung
- Contents
- "On fait de moi ce qu'on veut" : a happy day in Diderot's life -- "Prose of the world" : is there a place for Diderot in Hegel's system? -- "Je suis dans ce monde et j'y reste" : ontology of existence in "Le neveu de Rameau" -- "Choses bizarres écrites sur le grand rouleau" : powers of contingency in "Jacques le fataliste et son maître" -- "Le prodige, c'est la vie" : metabolizing materialism in "Le rêve de d'Alembert" -- "Quels tableaux!" : acts of judgment and the singularity of phenomena in "Les salons" -- "Prose of the world" : who is Denis Diderot (and what is the "Encyclopédie")? -- "Je ne fais rien" : the last three years in Diderot's life
- Control code
- ssj0002433298
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781503615250
- Lccn
- 2020038191
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0002433298
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