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The Dark Side of Diderot / Le Diderot Des Ombres: (34 French Studies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries)

The Dark Side of Diderot / Le Diderot Des Ombres: (34 French Studies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries)


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This collection of essays investigates the darker aspects of Diderot, writer, art critic, philosopher and encyclopédiste. The chapters focus on the schism between positive images of the Enlightenment and an undercurrent of disorder, transgression and clandestine intellectual and social practices. Diderot's role in this fissure is critically scrutinised through an analysis of the interface between Enlightenment and its dark side. In his reticence before authority and censorship, in the richness and complexity of his literary and philosophical works, in the emotional conflict of his theatre, or in his innovative aesthetic vision, Diderot consistently evokes the darker side of the Enlightenment. Cet ouvrage interroge l'aspect plus sombre de Diderot, écrivain, critique d'art, philosophe et encyclopédiste. Les contributeurs traitent du clivage entre d'un côté, les images positives des Lumières et, de l'autre, le désordre, la révolte, la transgression, les pratiques sociales et intellectuelles clandestines qui en constituent son corollaire parfois sous-jacent. Le rôle de Diderot au coeur de ce clivage sera analysé dans le cadre d'une interrogation plus large du couple Ombres/Lumières. Diderot incarne - dans ses réticences devant les autorités et la censure, dans la richesse et la complexité de ses ouvrages littéraires et philosophiques, dans les conflits affectifs de son théâtre, ou encore dans sa vision esthétique innovatrice - une alternative, plus sombre, à la marche des Lumières triomphantes.

About the Author :
James Hanrahan is Ussher Lecturer in eighteenth-century French studies at Trinity College Dublin. Síofra Pierse is Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone studies at University College Dublin.

Review :
«[...] there is much to interest any Diderot scholar, as well as those investigating the murkier aspects of knowledge and aesthetics in the eighteenth century.» (Jessica Stacey, French Studies Volume 71 Issue 2 2017) «L'éventail des oeuvres de Diderot traitées dans ce volume est fort large. [...] prises dans leur ensemble, ces études atteignent pleinement l'objectif déclaré des directeurs de l'ouvrage: montrer que le côté sombre ou obscur de Diderot (« his dark side »), quelle que soit la façon dont on le définit, est bien une caractéristique essentielle de sa pensée (p. 11) et de son esthétique.» (Laurence Mall, H-France Vol. 17/2017) «Riche en analyses fines et pertinentes, ce volume collectif contourne avec bon-heur l'écueil d'une succession de case stud-ies. Il évite également de se perdre dans ce qui aurait pu constituer une notion par trop accueillante car généralisable à l'excès. Sous-tendus par une belle introduction, les articles proposés ici offrent donc un par-cours très suggestif dans une oeuvre qui a refusé le dogmatisme de la raison pour lui préférer une exploration patiente, teintée de scepticisme, de la connaissance.» (Robert Darnton, Romanische Forschungen 130/2018)


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  • ISBN-13: 9783035307856
  • Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
  • Edition: Bilingual edition
  • No of Pages: 260
  • ISBN-10: 3035307857
  • Publisher Date: 29 Dec 2015
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 34 French Studies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries


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