| Description |
1 online resource (308 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Faux titre,
0167-9392 ;
326
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Faux titre ; no. 326.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Tolérance et fanatisme selon Voltaire et Rousseau / Raymond Trousson -- The condemnation of fanaticism in Voltaire's Sermon du rabbin Akib / J. Patrick Lee -- Du traité sur la tolérance de Voltaire aux Lettres écrites de la montagne de Rousseau : variations sur la victime du fanatisme / Anne-Marie Mercier-Faivre -- Singularité et exemplarité du cas "Jean-Jacques" : théorie et expérience du fanatisme chez Rousseau / Ourida Mostefai -- Pride and providence : religion in Rousseau's Lettre à Voltaire sur la providence / John T. Scott -- Toleration and pluralism in Rousseau's civil religion / Christopher Bertram -- La religion civile, institution de tolérance? / Bruno Bernardi -- Pious cruelty : Rousseau on Voltaire's Mahomet / Christpher Kelly -- Preventing fanaticism through transcendental violence : the second part of the "Profession de foi" / Jeremiah L. Alberg -- Civic fanaticism and the dynamics of pity / Zev Trachtenberg -- Are atheists fanatics? : variations on a theme of Locke and Bayle / Philip Stewart -- At the limits of toleration : Rousseau and atheism / John Hope Mason -- Penser l'hégémonie : intolérance et lumières dans Rousseau juge de Jean-Jacques / Jean-François Perrin -- Portrait d'un fanatique? : Jean-Jacques en Diogéne / Michel Schmouchkovitch. |
| Summary |
Ecrasez l'infâme! Voltaire's rallying cry against fanaticism resonates with new force today. Nothing suggests the complex legacy of the Enlightenment more than the struggle of superstition, prejudice, and intolerance advocated by most of the Enlightenment philosophers, regardless of their ideological differences. The aim of this book is to undertake a reconsideration of the controversies surrounding the questions of religion, toleration, and fanaticism in the eighteenth century through an examination of Rousseau's dialogue with Voltaire. What come to light from this confrontation are two lead. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English and French. |
| Subject |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. |
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Religion.
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Religion. |
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Toleration.
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Toleration. |
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Fanaticism.
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Fanaticism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rousseau and l'infâme. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, ©2009 9789042025059 9042025050 (OCoLC)297819710 |
| ISBN |
9781441601100 (electronic book) |
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1441601104 (electronic book) |
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9789401206655 |
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9401206651 |
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9042025050 |
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9789042025059 |
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