The Enlightenment's most dangerous woman

• Verfasst von: Janiak, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The Enlightenment's most dangerous woman
• Titelzusatz: Émilie du Châtelet and the making of modern philosophy
• Verf.angabe: Andrew Janiak
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 online resource
• Illustrationen: illustrations.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 1, 2024)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-775801-4
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780197757987.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Philosophy
• Sach-SW: History of philosophy, philosophical traditions
• K10plus-PPN: 1906925461
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

'The Enlightenments Most Dangerous Woman' provides a new history of the birth of modern philosophy. It shows how Émilie Du Châtelet played a key role in the early development of the Enlightenment. Andrew Janiak chronicles how the most famous writers of the era, including Diderot, Voltaire and Kant, sought to disrupt Du Châtelet's influence, and shows how she fought back. The book sheds light on the deliberate erasure of a key female thinker of the Enlightenment era.