Casanova And Enlightenment
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Casanova And Enlightenment
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Author : David John Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2024-12-30
Casanova And Enlightenment written by David John Thompson and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was born the son of a moderately poor acting family at a time when the stage carried enormous social stigma. Yet in his own lifetime he achieved celebrity across Europe, rubbing shoulders with numerous of the eighteenth century’s greatest men and women, from Frederick the Great to Catherine the Great, from Voltaire to Albrecht von Haller, from Pope Benedict XIV to Pope Clement XIII. It was a fame that had little to do with his romantic exploits. This was to come later, following upon the posthumous publication of his magnificent History of My Life. An adventurer and a man of learning, his was an extraordinary career whose story was intertwined with the story of eighteenth-century Europe. Casanova’s Life and Times, the first book of this two-volume project, concentrates on what it was like to live in the eighteenth century. This second book, Casanova & Enlightenment, now turns to Casanova’s intellectual development within the context of the Enlightenment, proposing a re-evaluation of his status as a philosopher.
Casanova In The Enlightenment
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Author : Malina Stefanovska
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2020-12-16
Casanova In The Enlightenment written by Malina Stefanovska and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-16 with History categories.
This book interrogates the enduring and controversial legend of Casanova, from a seducer of women to a man of science and key participant in the Enlightenment.
Casanova S Life And Times
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Author : David John Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2024-01-30
Casanova S Life And Times written by David John Thompson and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is both the life of Giacomo Casanova and a chronicle of eighteenth-century Europe. Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was born the son of a moderately poor acting family at a time when the stage carried enormous social stigma. Yet in his own lifetime he achieved celebrity across Europe, rubbing shoulders with numerous of the eighteenth century's greatest men and women, from Frederick the Great to Catherine the Great, from Voltaire to Albrecht von Haller, from Pope Benedict XIV to Pope Clement XIII. It was a fame that had little to do with his romantic exploits. This was to come later, following upon the posthumous publication of his magnificent History of My Life. An adventurer and a man of learning, his was an extraordinary life whose story was intertwined with the story of eighteenth-century Europe. To try to understand this fascinating character we need also to try to understand the period in which he lived. This is the aim of Casanova's Life and Times.
Public Religions In The Modern World
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Author : José Casanova
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1994-06-15
Public Religions In The Modern World written by José Casanova and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-06-15 with Political Science categories.
Acknowledgements 1: Secularization, Enlightenment, and Modern Religion 2: Private and Public Religions 3: Spain: From State Church to Disestablishment 4: Poland: From Church of the Nation to Civil Society 5: Brazil: From From Oligarchie Church to People's Church 6: Evangelical Protestantism: From Civil Religion to Fundamentalist Sect to New Christian Right 7: Catholicism in the United States: From Private to Public Denomination 8: The Deprivatization of Modern Religion Notes Index.
Enlightenment
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Author : Art Beck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Enlightenment written by Art Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
Adventurer
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Author : Leo Damrosch
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-24
Adventurer written by Leo Damrosch and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer Leo Damrosch “A nuanced, deftly contextualized biography of an adventurer, an opportunist, and a man of voracious appetites . . . another top-notch work from Damrosch.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “An eye-opening and well-informed study of an ‘extraordinary character’ in all his darkness and brilliance.”—Publishers Weekly The life of the iconic libertine Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) has never been told in the depth it deserves. An alluring representative of the Enlightenment’s shadowy underside, Casanova was an aspiring priest, an army officer, a fortune teller, a con man, a magus, a violinist, a mathematician, a Masonic master, an entrepreneur, a diplomat, a gambler, a spy—and the first to tell his own story. In his vivid autobiography Histoire de Ma Vie, he recorded at least a hundred and twenty love affairs, as well as dramatic sagas of duels, swindles, arrests, and escapes. He knew kings and an empress, Catherine the Great, and most of the famous writers of the time, including Voltaire and Benjamin Franklin. Drawing on seldom used materials, including the original French and Italian primary sources, and probing deeply into the psychology, self-conceptions, and self-deceptions of one of the world’s most famous con men and seducers, Leo Damrosch offers a gripping, mature, and devastating account of an Enlightenment man, freed from the bounds of moral convictions.
Casanova
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Author : Laurence Bergreen
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-11
Casanova written by Laurence Bergreen and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"The remarkable story of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), an impoverished abandoned boy who became the notorious libertine, famous writer, and correspondent with figures such as Voltaire, Louis XV, and Catherine the Great in decadent 18th-century Europe."--Provided by publisher.
Casanova
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Author : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
language : en
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Release Date : 2017
Casanova written by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and has been published by Museum of Fine Arts Boston this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Art, European categories.
A re-creation of the glorious and seductive visual world of eighteenth-century Europe through the life of one of its most notorious figures. In 18th-century Europe, the shape-shifting libertine Giacomo Casanova seduced his way across the Continent. Although notorious for the scores of amorous conquests he recorded in his remarkably frank memoirs, Casanova was just as practised at charming his way into the most elite social circles. In his travels across Europe and through every level of society from the theatrical demimonde to royal courts, he was also seduced by the visual splendours he encountered. This volume accompanies the first major art exhibition to recreate Casanova's visual world, from his birthplace of Venice to the cultural capitals of Paris and London and the outposts of Eastern Europe. Summoning up the people he met and the cityscapes, highways, salons, theatres, masked balls, boudoirs, gambling halls, and dining rooms he frequented, it provides a survey of important works of eighteenth-century European art by masters such as Canaletto, Fragonard, Boucher, Houdon and Hogarth. Twelve essays by prominent scholars illuminate multiple facets of Casanova's world as reflected in the arts of his time, providing a fascinating grand tour of Europe conducted by a quintessential figure of the eighteenth century as well as a splendid visual display of the spirit of the age.
The Catholic Enlightenment
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Author : Ulrich L. Lehner
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-01-06
The Catholic Enlightenment written by Ulrich L. Lehner and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-06 with Religion categories.
"Whoever needs an act of faith to elucidate an event that can be explained by reason is a fool, and unworthy of reasonable thought." This line, spoken by the notorious 18th-century libertine Giacomo Casanova, illustrates a deeply entrenched perception of religion, as prevalent today as it was hundreds of years ago. It is the sentiment behind the narrative that Catholic beliefs were incompatible with the Enlightenment ideals. Catholics, many claim, are superstitious and traditional, opposed to democracy and gender equality, and hostile to science. It may come as a surprise, then, to learn that Casanova himself was a Catholic. In The Catholic Enlightenment, Ulrich L. Lehner points to such figures as representatives of a long-overlooked thread of a reform-minded Catholicism, which engaged Enlightenment ideals with as much fervor and intellectual gravity as anyone. Their story opens new pathways for understanding how faith and modernity can interact in our own time. Lehner begins two hundred years before the Enlightenment, when the Protestant Reformation destroyed the hegemony Catholicism had enjoyed for centuries. During this time the Catholic Church instituted several reforms, such as better education for pastors, more liberal ideas about the roles of women, and an emphasis on human freedom as a critical feature of theology. These actions formed the foundation of the Enlightenment's belief in individual freedom. While giants like Spinoza, Locke, and Voltaire became some of the most influential voices of the time, Catholic Enlighteners were right alongside them. They denounced fanaticism, superstition, and prejudice as irreconcilable with the Enlightenment agenda. In 1789, the French Revolution dealt a devastating blow to their cause, disillusioning many Catholics against the idea of modernization. Popes accumulated ever more power and the Catholic Enlightenment was snuffed out. It was not until the Second Vatican Council in 1962 that questions of Catholicism's compatibility with modernity would be broached again. Ulrich L. Lehner tells, for the first time, the forgotten story of these reform-minded Catholics. As Pope Francis pushes the boundaries of Catholicism even further, and Catholics once again grapple with these questions, this book will prove to be required reading.
Casanova Or The Art Of Happiness
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Author : Lydia Flem
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Casanova Or The Art Of Happiness written by Lydia Flem and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Europe categories.
A study of Casanova which describes him as a hero of the Enlightenment period, a faithful, honourable friend, and a lover of women.