Catherine & Diderot : the empress, the philosopher, and the fate of the Enlightenment /

When Empires Collide is a history of the famous encounter between the French philosopher Denis Diderot and his patron, Empress Catherine II of Russia, in 1773. The book begins many years earlier and traces the life of Diderot and Catherine in alternating chapters, painting a vivid and complex portra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zaretsky, Robert, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796.
Diderot, Denis, > 1713-1784.
Diderot, Denis, > 1713-1784
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796
Enlightenment > Russia > History.
Siècle des Lumières > Russie > Histoire.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Enlightenment.
Russia.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Reading Voltaire in St. Petersburg
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  • Glasnost
  • The shadow lands
  • The Hermitage
  • Extraordinary men and events
  • Colic and constitutions
  • The road not taken
  • Send for Seneca.

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