Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-1-57958-246-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 1512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 3900 g

This acclaimed translation of Michel Delon's Dictionnaire Europen des Lumires contains more than 350 signed entries covering the art, economics, science, history, philosophy, and religion of the Enlightenment. Delon's team of more than 200 experts from around the world offers a unique perspective on the period, providing offering not only factual information but also critical opinions that give the reader a deeper level of understanding. An international team of translators, editors, and advisers, under the auspices of the French Ministry of Culture, has brought this collection of scholarship to the English-speaking world for the first time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delon, Michel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the French Edition, Preface to the English Edition, Note on Usage and Style, Contributors, Translators, Translation Reviewers, Copy Editors, Acknowledgments, General Bibliography, List of Entries, Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, A–L, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michel Delon is a distinguished specialist of the Enlightenment. He is currently Professor at the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne) and is a regular contributor to the Magazine Littéraire and the Revue Europe. He is the author or editor of numerous titles in French.