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Book Synopsis
Analysing Casanova’s œuvre from the perspective of moral philosophy, contributors show how several of his works – including his historical writings and satirical essays on human folly – contribute to the Enlightenment quest for a secular morality.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

List of abbreviations

List of tables

Ivo Cerman, Introduction: the philosophy of Giacomo Casanova

Part I: Casanova’s philosophy: an overview
1. Ivo Cerman, Casanova’s observations on moral philosophy
2. Federico Di Trocchio, The philosophy of the adventurer: Giacomo Casanova beyond libertinism and Enlightenment

Part II: National contexts
3. Wolfgang Rother, Italian Enlightenment debates on religion and Church: Casanova’s philosophy and its background
4. Maciej Forycki, Casanova and his considerations on the partition of Poland

Part III: Case studies
5. Paolo L. Bernardini and Diego Lucci, Casanova on suicide
6. Jean-Christophe Igalens, Casanova: writing the dream between philosophy and autobiography
7. Gérard Lahouati, Voltaire, Casanova and the Dialogues chrétiens: an investigation
8. Ivo Cerman, ‘Je viens pour vous convertir’: Casanova’s dialogues on philosophy and religion

Summaries

Bibliography

Index

Casanova Enlightenment Philosopher

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      Publisher Liverpool University Press
      Published 15 September 2016
      ISBN-13 9780729411844
      978-0729411844
      ISBN-10 0729411842
      Also in:
      Western philosophy: Enlightenment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analysing Casanova’s œuvre from the perspective of moral philosophy, contributors show how several of his works – including his historical writings and satirical essays on human folly – contribute to the Enlightenment quest for a secular morality.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Foreword

      List of abbreviations

      List of tables

      Ivo Cerman, Introduction: the philosophy of Giacomo Casanova

      Part I: Casanova’s philosophy: an overview
      1. Ivo Cerman, Casanova’s observations on moral philosophy
      2. Federico Di Trocchio, The philosophy of the adventurer: Giacomo Casanova beyond libertinism and Enlightenment

      Part II: National contexts
      3. Wolfgang Rother, Italian Enlightenment debates on religion and Church: Casanova’s philosophy and its background
      4. Maciej Forycki, Casanova and his considerations on the partition of Poland

      Part III: Case studies
      5. Paolo L. Bernardini and Diego Lucci, Casanova on suicide
      6. Jean-Christophe Igalens, Casanova: writing the dream between philosophy and autobiography
      7. Gérard Lahouati, Voltaire, Casanova and the Dialogues chrétiens: an investigation
      8. Ivo Cerman, ‘Je viens pour vous convertir’: Casanova’s dialogues on philosophy and religion

      Summaries

      Bibliography

      Index

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