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Catherine & Diderot

The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment

Bibliographic Data

ID9330716
AuthorsRobert Zaretsky (corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages272
Publication date2019-04-22
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCatherine and Diderot (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherHarvard University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.4159/9780674237353
OpenAlexW4245664674
Open LibraryOL29806038M
ISBN9780674237353
LanguageEN
Citations received3

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

Action (physics · Art · Art history · Biography · Dual (grammatical number · Literature · Physics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · French Literature and Criticism · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought · 1729-1796 · Catherine ii, empress of russia · Denis Diderot (1713-1784) · Enlightenment · Russia

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,16
Citation span2007 - 2025 (19)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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