Author: David NuttPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Catalogue of Old Books
Author: David NuttA Catalogue of Books in the French Language Printed in Or Before A. D. 1715
Author: Marsh's LibraryPublisher:
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Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Among Our Books
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
The Literary Policy of the Church of Rome Exhibited in an Account of Her Damnatory Catalogues Or Indexes Both Prohibitory and Expurgatory; with ... Extracts Anecdotes, and Remarks ... Second Edition, Much Enlarged
Author: Joseph MENDHAMNevertheless
Author: Carlo GinzburgPublisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1839760168
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
From the master of "micro-history" a reconstruction of two contrasting early-modern thinkers Nevertheless comprises essays on Machiavelli and on Pascal. The ambivalent connection between the two parts is embodied by the comma (,) in the subtitle: Machiavelli, Pascal. Is this comma a conjunction or a disjunction? In fact, both. Ginzburg approaches Machiavelli's work from the perspective of casuistry, or case-based ethical reasoning. For as Machiavelli indicated through his repeated use of the adverb nondimanco ("nevertheless"), there is an exception to every rule. Such a perspective may seem to echo the traditional image of Machiavelli as a cynical, "machiavellian" thinker. But a close analysis of Machiavelli the reader, as well as of the ways in which some of Machiavelli's most perceptive readers read his work, throws a different light on Machiavelli the writer. The same hermeneutic strategy inspires the essays on the Provinciales, Pascal's ferocious attack against Jesuitical casuistry. Casuistry vs anti-casuistry; Machiavelli's secular attitude towards religion vs Pascal's deep religiosity. We are confronted, apparently, with two completely different worlds. But Pascal read Machiavelli, and reflected deeply upon his work. A belated, contemporary echo of this reading can unveil the complex relationship between Machiavelli and Pascal - their divergences as well as their unexpected convergences.
The Perraults
Author: Oded RabinovitchPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501730096
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In The Perraults, Oded Rabinovitch takes the fascinating eponymous literary and scientific family as an entry point into the complex and rapidly changing world of early modern France. Today, the Perraults are best remembered for their canonical fairy tales, such as "Cinderella" and "Puss in Boots," most often attributed to Charles Perrault, one of the brothers. While the writing of fairy tales may seem a frivolous enterprise, it was, in fact, linked to the cultural revolution of the seventeenth century, which paved the way for the scientific revolution, the rise of "national literatures," and the early Enlightenment. Rabinovitch argues that kinship networks played a crucial, yet unexamined, role in shaping the cultural and intellectual ferment of the day, which in turn shaped kinship and the social history of the family. Through skillful reconstruction of the Perraults’ careers and networks, Rabinovitch portrays the world of letters as a means of social mobility. He complicates our understanding of prominent institutions, such as the Academy of Sciences, Versailles, and the salons, as well as the very notions of authorship and court capitalism. The Perraults shows us that institutions were not simply rigid entities, embodying or defining intellectual or literary styles such as Cartesianism, empiricism, or the purity of the French language. Rather, they emerge as nodes that connect actors, intellectual projects, family strategies, and practices of writing.
Institutes of Ecclesiastical History
Author: Johann Lorenz MosheimPublisher:
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Monopoly the Cause of All Evil
Author: Arthur O'ConnorMonopoly the cause of all evil
Author: afterwards CONDORCET O'CONNOR O'CONNOR (General., Arthur)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Religious Otherness and National Identity in Scandinavia, c. 1790–1960
Author: Frode UlvundPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110654423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The author discusses how religious groups, especially Jews, Mormons and Jesuits, were labeled as foreign and constructed as political, moral and national threats in Scandinavia in different periods between c. 1790 and 1960. Key questions are who articulated such opinions, how was the threat depicted, and to what extent did it influence state policies towards these groups. A special focus is given to Norway, because the Constitution of 1814 included a ban against Jews (repelled in 1851) and Jesuits (repelled in 1956), and because Mormons were denied the status of a legal religion until freedom of religion was codified in the Constitution in 1964. The author emphasizes how the construction of religious minorities as perils of society influenced the definition of national identities in all Scandinavia, from the late 18th Century until well after WWII. The argument is that Jews, Mormons and Jesuits all were constructed as "anti-citizens", as opposites of what it meant to be "good" citizens of the nation. The discourse that framed the need for national protection against foreign religious groups was transboundary. Consequently, transnational stereotypes contributed significantly in defining national identities.