Bibliograph

The Enlightenment invention of the modern self, [by Leo Damrosch], Part 1

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The Enlightenment invention of the modern self, [by Leo Damrosch], Part 1

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eng

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lectures speeches

Main title

The Enlightenment invention of the modern self

Oclc number

52760959

Responsibility statement

[by Leo Damrosch]

Summary

Professor Leo Damrosch of Harvard University presents this course which introduces the major thinkers of the Enlightenment and their works. The discussion centers on the concept of self and how it changed during this time

Table Of Contents

Lecture 1. Changing ideas of the self -- Lecture 2. 17th century religious versions of the self -- Lecture 3. 17th century secular versions of the self -- Lecture 4. Lafayette, La Princesse de Clèves, I -- Lecture 5. La Princesse de Clèves, II -- Lecture 6. British Empiricism and the self, I -- Lecture 7. British Empiricism and the self, II -- Lecture 8. Voltaire: Candide -- Lecture 9. Voltaire, Johnson, Gibbon: Some lives -- Lecture 10. Boswell: The London journal, I -- Lecture 11. The London journal, II -- Lecture 12. Diderot's dialogues

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general

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