Transactions of the Fifth International Congress on The Enlightenment / Actes du Cinquime Congrs International des Lumires / Atti del Quinto Congresso Internazionale Sull'illuminiso

Sold as a multi-volume set the individual volumes are not available for purchase. Contents of volume 1 Inaugural addresses Plenary sessions 1. The Enlightenment: problems of periodisation 2. Present-day viewpoints on the Enlightenment 3. The 'philosophes' and politics 4. The sciences and epistemology Contents of volume 2 5. Reflecting upon history 6. Utopias and utopians 7. The sciences of society 8. The beginnings and development of political economy 9. Crisis and reform in the social institutions 10. Collective mentalities Contents of volume 3 11. Religious trends 12. Anthropology and linguistics 13. Narrative theories and techniques 14. Dramatic forms and structures Contents of volume 4 15. Poetry and poetics 16. Music and the figurative arts 17. The spread and social impact of books and culture 18. The portrayal and condition of women in eighteenth-century literature