Catherine & Diderot
The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Biography & Memoir, Philosophers, France
| Author: | Robert Zaretsky | ISBN: | 9780674240865 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | February 18, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Zaretsky |
| ISBN: | 9780674240865 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | February 18, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great aplomb, Robert Zaretsky invites us to reflect on the fraught relationship between politics and philosophy, and between a man of thought and a woman of action.
In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great aplomb, Robert Zaretsky invites us to reflect on the fraught relationship between politics and philosophy, and between a man of thought and a woman of action.
