Tag Archives: Enlightenment

Privacy and moral philosophy

Posted on 21 February 2020 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

What’s privacy got to do with moral philosophy? I’m glad you asked. An answer is in my new post on the Centre for Privacy Studies blog.

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Mortier — Le rêve universaliste de l’orateur du genre humain

Posted on 18 November 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Mortier, R. (2000). Le rêve universaliste de l’”Orateur du Genre humain”. In R. Mortier, Les Combats des Lumières (pp. 385-394). Paris: Aux amateurs de livres international. The Universalist idea was not something new or invented in the eighteenth century. However, … Continue reading →

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Fink, Gonthier Louis — “Cosmopolitisme” in Dictionnaire européen des lumières

Posted on 17 November 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Work Cited Fink, Gonthier Louis (1997) “Cosmopolitisme.” In Dictionnaire européen des lumières, edited by Michel Delon, 277-279. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. « Le XVIIIe siècle est le siècle du cosmopolitisme » (L. Réau). (277) «  En 1690, le Dictionnaire universel … Continue reading →

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O’Brien, Karen — Narratives of Enlightenment

Posted on 14 November 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Introduction: cosmopolitanism, narrative, history Cosmopolitan history: “‘Cosmopolitanism’ is no longer a term much favoured by intellectual historians: as an idea, it seems to lack intellectual content; as a category of political thought, it has no referent. [footnote: “the last investigation … Continue reading →

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Dédéyan: le cosmopolitisme européen sous la révolution et l’empire

Posted on 10 November 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Dédéyan, Charles (1976) Le cosmopolitisme européen sous la Révolution et l’Empire. 2 vols. Paris: Société d’édition d’enseignement supérieur. One of the rare books of intellectual history about cosmopolitanism in Europe. Written in French, it is focusing on the periods immediately … Continue reading →

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Schlereth: The Cosmopolitan Ideal in Enlightenment Thought

Posted on 3 November 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Schlereth, Thomas (1977) The Cosmopolitan Ideal in Enlightenment Thought: Its Form and Function in the Ideas of Franklin, Hume, and Voltaire, 1694-1790. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. Thomas J. Schlereth studied how the cosmopolitan ideal had a “noticeable … Continue reading →

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Rousseau et le paradoxe d’une pensée cosmopolitique anti-cosmopolite

Posted on 19 October 2008 by Frank Ejby Poulsen, Ph.D.

Dans la pensée de Rousseau, il y a un paradoxe sur lequel on se penche de plus en plus. Une certaine acrimonie face aux cosmopolites, alors que Rousseau exprime une pensée cosmopolitique en reprenant le grand projet de Saint-Pierre d’une … Continue reading →

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