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The French Image of China before and after Voltaire

Basil Guy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

472 Seiten

1963
Voltaire Foundation (Verlag)
978-0-7294-0073-2 (ISBN)

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The Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series, previously known as SVEC (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century), has published over 500 peer-reviewed scholarly volumes since 1955 as part of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford. International in focus, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment volumes cover wide-ranging aspects of the eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, from gender studies to political theory, and from economics to visual arts and music, and are published in English or French.

Preface

Chapter I. The image takes shape

Introduction: early merchant relations; France and the politics of religion; the rites controversy

Chapter II. Scientia sinensis

Religious contributions to Europe's knowledge of Chinese geography, history, and chronology; the great revelation: Chinese religion; Chinese morality and politics

Chapter III. The libertines and the birth of the Chinese Sage

Chinese chronology, the basis of attack; the negative approach: religious criticism; the positive approach: moral regeneration and political reform; the birth of the Chinese sage

Chapter IV. Varying perspectives

Chinoiseries; imaginative literature, I; gadflies

Chapter V. Voltaire, sinophile

Voltaire and the Jesuits; Chinese motifs; political criticism and religious toleration; China in the Essai sur les mœurs; sinomania

Chapter VI. Transformations

Enthusiasts and moderates; growing discontent; sinophobia: Diderot and Rousseau

Chapter VII. The glory and the dream

Physiocracy; imaginative literature, II; sinology

Chapter VIII. The image fades

China: the reality behind appearance; China's rivals: Hinduism, Hellenism, and primitivism; conclusion

Appendix A. Chronological summary of the history of the Society of Jesus and its relations with China

Appendix B. A comparative table of Chinese texts in English and French romanization

Appendix C. The development of Voltaire's chapters on China in the Essai sur les mœurs

Appendix D. A list of the significant works in which Voltaire mentions China

Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.1963
Reihe/Serie	Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment ; 21
Verlagsort	Liverpool
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 239 mm
Gewicht	150 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7294-0073-5 / 0729400735
ISBN-13	978-0-7294-0073-2 / 9780729400732
Zustand	Neuware