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Atheism Religion And Enlightenment In Prerevolutionary Europe Royal Historical Society Studies In History New Series Mark Curran

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Publisher: Royal Historical Society

File Extension: PDF

File size: 8.8 MB

Pages: 226

Author: Mark Curran

ISBN: 9780861933167, 0861933168

Language: English

Year: 2012

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Atheism Religion And Enlightenment In Prerevolutionary Europe Royal Historical Society Studies In History New Series Mark Curran by Mark Curran 9780861933167, 0861933168 instant download after payment.

The Baron d'Holbach, a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment, is best known for his writings against religion. His prolific campaign of atheism and anti-clericalism, waged from the printing presses of Amsterdam in the yearsaround 1770, was so radical that it provoked an unprecedented public response. For the baron's enemies, at least, it suggested the end of an era: proof that the likes of Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were simply a cabal of atheists hell-bent on the destruction of all that was to be cherished about religion and society. Thephilosophes, past their prime and under fire, recognised the need to respond, but struggled to know which way to turn. France's institutional bodies, lacking unity and fatally distracted, provided no credible lead. Instead, the voice of reason came from an unlikely source - independent Christian apologists, Catholic and Protestant, who attacked the baron on his own terms and, in the process, irrevocably changed the nature of Christian writing.
This book examines the reception of the works of the baron d'Holbach throughout francophone Europe. It insists that d'Holbach's historical importance has been understated, argues the case for the existence of a significant "Christian Enlightenment" and raises questions about existing secular models of the francophone public sphere.
MARK CURRAN is the Munby Fellow in Bibliography, Cambridge University Library.
Table of Contents
Prologue
Introduction
The Virtuous Atheist
The Oral and Written Public Sphere
Books and Pamphlets
Periodicals
ThePhilosopheResponse
Institutional Reactions in France
The Christian Enlightenment?
Beyond the Christian Enlightenment
Appendix 1. D'Holbach's Publications, 1752-1789
Appendix 2. Responses in French to d'Holbach's publications, 1752-1789
Appendix 3. The Corpus of Periodical Press Articles Produced in Reaction to d'Holbach's Publications
Bibliography