Diderot and his innovative conception of useful, cross-border and “retrospective” history
- Publication type: Journal article
- Journal: Libertinage et philosophie à l’époque classique (xvie-xviiie siècle)
2020, n° 17. Les libertins et l’histoire - Author: D'Antuono (Giuseppina)
- Pages: 285 to 304
- Journal: Libertinism and Philosophy in the Classical Period (16th-18th Century)
The article analyzes Diderot’s research of a new history, which has not yet been the subject of a historiographic study. His conception of history is related to geography and philosophy. Diderot criticises the historians of the Academy and develops a method of formation, without neglecting the ancient sources. Its history is cross-border, retrospective and useful to shed light on the origins of present evils: feudal privileges and authoritarian political forms.
- CLIL theme: 3126 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Philosophie
- ISBN: 978-2-406-10876-4
- EAN: 9782406108764
- ISSN: 2649-1826
- DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10876-4.p.0285
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Online publication: 09-16-2020
- Periodicity: Annual
- Language: French
- Keyword: Diderot, Enlightenment, eighteenth century, cross-border history, retrospective method, usefulness of history, ancient sources, Tacitus, Seneca
