Diderot: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Cambridge University Press, 5/28/1992
EAN 9780521360449, ISBN10: 0521360447
Hardcover, 276 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was one of the most significant figures of the French enlightenment. His political writings cover the period from the first volume of the Encyclopedie (1751), of which he was principal editor, to the third edition of Raynal's Histoire des Deux Indes (1780), one of the most widely read books of the pre-revolutionary period. This volume contains the most important of Diderot's articles for the Encyclopedie, a substantial number of his contributions to the Histoire, the complete texts of his Supplement au Voyage de Bougainville, one of his most visionary works, and his Observations sur le Nakaz, a precise and detailed political work translated here into English for the first time. The editors' introduction sets these works in their context and shows the underlying coherence of Diderot's thought. A chronology of events and a bibliography are included as further aids to the reader.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chronology
Bibliography
Articles from the Encyclopedie
Supplement to Bougainville's 'Voyage' Observations on the Nakaz
Extracts from the Histoire des Deux Indes
Index.