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OverviewClandestine philosophical manuscripts, made up of forbidden works including erotic texts, political pamphlets, satires of court life, forbidden religious texts, and books about the occult, had an avid readership in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, becoming objects of historical research by the twentieth century. The purveyors of the clandestine could be found in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, and not least in Paris or London. Despite the heavy risks, including prison, the circulation of these manuscripts was a prosperous venture. After Ira Wade's pioneering contribution (1938), Clandestine Philosophy is the first work in English entirely focused on the philosophical clandestine manuscripts that preceded and accompanied the birth of the Enlightenment. Topics from philosophy, political and religious thought, and moral and sexual behaviour are addressed by contemporary authors working in both America and Europe. These manuscripts shed light on the birth of pornography and provide an important avenue for investigating philosophical, religious, political, and social critique. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gianni Paganini , Margaret C. Jacob , John Christian LaursenPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.740kg ISBN: 9781487504618ISBN 10: 1487504616 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 11 February 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews"""The philosophical manuscript is an early modern literary genre par excellence, and its existence is itself the consequence of modern historical circumstances. Clandestine Philosophy contributes to a wider vision of this clandestine philosophical phenomenon.""--Sonja Lavaert, Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ""With serious exemplars of state-of-the-art research, Clandestine Philosophy is a must-read for every scholar working on Enlightenment themes.""--Justin Champion, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London" The philosophical manuscript is an early modern literary genre par excellence, and its existence is itself the consequence of modern historical circumstances. Clandestine Philosophy contributes to a wider vision of this clandestine philosophical phenomenon. - Sonja Lavaert, Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel With serious exemplars of state-of-the-art research, Clandestine Philosophy is a must-read for every scholar working on Enlightenment themes. - Justin Champion, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London Author InformationGianni Paganini is Professor in the Dipartimento Studi Umanistici at Università del Piemonte Orientale. Margaret C. Jacob is Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. John Christian Laursen is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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