Beschreibung
Offers an original approach and philologically grounded analysis of Montesquieus thought Ties in with debates about European approach to other societies and culturesExamines the roots of Eurocentric ideas Addresses the problem of the circulation and uses of information in non-European societies in 18th century European culture
Autorenporträt
Rolando Minuti is professor of Modern History at the University of Florence. His main research area is the European intellectual history of the XVIIIth century: historiography, orientalism, the work of Montesquieu and other leading members of Enlightenment culture. Several of his main publications are: Oriente barbarico e storiografia settecentesca (Venezia, Marsilio, 1994), Orientalismo e idee di tolleranza nella cultura francese del primo 700 (Firenze, Olschki, 2006), Montesquieu. Spicilège (edité par R. Minuti, et annoté par S. Rotta, Oxford, The Voltaire Foundation, 2002).
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Springer Verlag GmbH
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E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com
