Prose of the world : Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment /
Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich,
Prose of the world : Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment / Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. - English edition. - 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
"Originally published in German in 2020 under the title "Prosa der Welt" : Denis Diderot und die Peripherie der Aufklärung" -- Copyright page.
Includes bibliographical references.
"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.
"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"--
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature Emeritus at Stanford University. His books written in English include In 1926 (1998), Production of Presence (Stanford, 2004), In Praise of Athletic Beauty (2006), Atmosphere, Mood, Stimmung (Stanford, 2012), After 1945 (Stanford, 2013), and Our Broad Present (2014).
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Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 --Criticism and interpretation.
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
1700-1799
Enlightenment--France.
Siècle des Lumières--France.
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
France--Vie intellectuelle--18e siècle.
France
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PQ1979 / .G86 2021
848/.509
Prose of the world : Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment / Denis Diderot and the periphery of Enlightenment Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. - English edition. - 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
"Originally published in German in 2020 under the title "Prosa der Welt" : Denis Diderot und die Peripherie der Aufklärung" -- Copyright page.
Includes bibliographical references.
"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.
"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"--
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature Emeritus at Stanford University. His books written in English include In 1926 (1998), Production of Presence (Stanford, 2004), In Praise of Athletic Beauty (2006), Atmosphere, Mood, Stimmung (Stanford, 2012), After 1945 (Stanford, 2013), and Our Broad Present (2014).
9781503627864 epub 1503627861 epub hardcover
2020038192
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 --Criticism and interpretation.
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
1700-1799
Enlightenment--France.
Siècle des Lumières--France.
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
France--Vie intellectuelle--18e siècle.
France
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PQ1979 / .G86 2021
848/.509