German and European Cultural Histories, 1760-1830: Between Network and Narrative, edited by Crystal Hall and Birgit Tautz, has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This book features eleven essays, an introduction, and an epilogue and is accompanied by a unique digital gateway into the arguments and supporting evidence in the volume. … Continue reading
‘The fruit of more than 25 years of research’: Ralph Leigh’s masterly critical edition of the Correspondance complète de Rousseau is now available for the first time as an ebook collection
'The fruit of more than 25 years of research': Ralph Leigh's masterly critical edition of the Correspondance complète de Rousseau is now available for the first time as an ebook collection.
Determinism and Enlightenment: the collaboration of Diderot and d’Holbach
Ruggero Sciuto’s Determinism and Enlightenment: the collaboration of Diderot and d’Holbach is the April volume in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This book examines the theory of determinism jointly put forward by Diderot and d’Holbach to better understand their philosophy as well as their position relative both to one another and to the so-called ‘Radical Enlightenment’. In this blog … Continue reading
Almanacs: The Smartphones of the Early Modern World
Francesco A. Morriello's Messengers of Empire: Print and Revolution in the Atlantic World is the May volume in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This book reveals how revolution shaped the circulation of information in the Atlantic world. In this blog post, Francesco A. Morriello discusses the parallels between today's smartphones and the early modern equivalent, the … Continue reading
From the VF to Vif! A “lively” book series comes to life again as an online collection
In the early 2000s, the Voltaire Foundation decided to create a paperback series in collaboration with the Sorbonne University Press. It was intended (as we said in our publicity materials at the time) “to make available the work of the Voltaire Foundation’s authors to the widest audience in an affordable, paperback format.” Since we are … Continue reading
