Transactions of the Fifth International Congress on The Enlightenment / Actes du Cinquième Congrès International des Lumières / 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 epistemologyContents 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 mentalitiesContents of volume 3 11. Religious trends 12. Anthropology and linguistics 13. Narrative theories and techniques 14. Dramatic forms and structuresContents 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