Wolloch History and Nature in the Enlightenment

Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-12171-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten

The mastery of nature was viewed by eighteenth-century historians as an important measure of the progress of civilization. Modern scholarship has hitherto taken insufficient notice of this important idea. This book discusses the topic in connection with the mainstream religious, political, and philosophical elements of Enlightenment culture. It considers works by Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Herder, Vico, Raynal, Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, and a wide range of lesser- and better-known figures. It also discusses many classical, medieval, and early modern sources which influenced Enlightenment historiography, as well as eighteenth-century attitudes toward nature in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolloch, Nathaniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Nathaniel Wolloch, an independent Israeli scholar, received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Subjugated Animals, Animals and Anthropocentrism in Early Modern European Culture.