Diderot: Political Writings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521369114)

This volume presents a selection of the political writings of one of the most significant figures of the French enlightenment. It contains the most important articles that Diderot contributed to the Encyclop die, of which he was principal editor, the complete texts of his Suppl ment au Voyage de Bougainville and Observations sur le Nakaz (translated into English here for the first time), and a substantial number of his contributions to Raynal's Histoire des Deux Indes. The editors' introduction puts these works in context, showing their essential features and underlying coherence.

Author: Denis Diderot
ISBN-10: 0521369118
ISBN-13: 9780521369114
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/28/1992
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d