L'invention de la Catastrophe Au XVIIIe Siècle Du Châtiment Divin Au Désastre Naturel |
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| Author:
| Mercier-Faivre, Anne-Marie
Thomas, Chantal |
| ISBN: | 978-2-600-01204-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Droz, Librairie
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $116.00 |
Book Description:
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While Jean Starobinski showed that the eighteenth century invented liberty, it also invented catastrophe. Linguistically, the word appears for the first time in its modern, non-theatrical, sense. Scientifically and philosophically, scholars and intellectuals liberated the notion of catastrophe from the purely religious arena.
While Jean Starobinski showed that the eighteenth century invented liberty, it also invented catastrophe. Linguistically, the word appears for the first time in its modern, non-theatrical, sense. Scientifically and philosophically, scholars and intellectuals liberated the notion of catastrophe from the purely religious arena.