The turn of the Enlightenment’s century substitutes History for Nature. The idea of energy upsets entrenched dichotomies between the heart and mind, between libertinism and sentimentalism, between reverie and civic engagement. It shapes and scores the Encyclopédie’s knowledge, revolutionary utopias, and the romantic imagination.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
