Description Edited collection of six articles that explore eighteenth-century catastrophes around the globe. Studies consider questions of risk, vulnerability, resilience, colonialism, and the human role in creating “disasters.” Creator Johns, Alessa, ed. Publisher New York: […]
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“Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne.”
Creator Voltaire Contributor Ermus, Cindy Language French Type Poem
The Enlightenment legacy is under siege. Defend it.
Description Linker defines Enlightenment legacies as “individualism, international commerce and trade, moral cosmopolitanism, freedom of the press and a culture of publicity, technological modernity, the valorization of expertise” and defends them against conservative and anti-globalist […]
L’invention de la catastrophe au xviiie siècle: du châtiment au désastre naturel
Description In the spirit of Starobinski’s L’invention de la liberté, 1700-1789, essays in this edited volume consider the invention of “catastrophe” in the eighteenth century, i.e. the idea of catastrophe as a natural event and […]
The Civilizing Process, Nature, and Stadial Theory
Description Discusses the influence of Enlightenment stadial theory on the ideas of Norbert Elias, particularly as these relate to the utilization of natural resources. Creator Wolloch, Nathaniel Publisher “The Civilizing Process, Nature, and Stadial Theory,” […]