{"product_id":"the-great-protector-of-wits-baron-dholbach-and-his-time-9789004435780","title":"The Great Protector of Wits: Baron d'Holbach and His Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Protector of Wits provides a new assessment of baron d’Holbach (1723–1789) and his circle. A challenging figure of the European Enlightenment, Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach was not only a radically materialistic philosopher, a champion of anticlericalism, the author of the Système de la nature – known as ‘the Bible of atheists’ –, an idéologue, a popularizer of the natural sciences and a prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie, but he also played a crucial role as an organizer of intellectual networks and was a master of disseminating clandestine literature and a consummate strategist in authorial fictions. In this collective volume, for the first time, all these different threads of d’Holbach’s ‘philosophy in action’ are considered and analyzed in their interconnection.    Contributors to this volume: Jacopo Agnesina, Nicholas Cronk, Mélanie Éphrème, Enrico Galvagni, Jonathan Israel, Alan Charles Kors, Mladen Kozul, Brunello Lotti, Emilio Mazza, Gianluca Mori, Iryna Mykhailova, Gianni Paganini, Paolo Quintili, Alain Sandrier, Ruggero Sciuto, Maria Susana Seguin, and Gerhardt Stenger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements   List of Illustrations   Abbreviations   Notes on Contributors      Introduction    Laura Nicolì      Part 1: Holbach: Philosopher and Philosophe   1 Holbach’s Skepticism    Alan Charles Kors      2 The Concept of Natural Order in the Système de la Nature    Brunello Lotti      3 An Empire of Lies: Holbach on Vanity and Philosophy    Enrico Galvagni      Part 2: Holbach: Strategist of the Enlightenment   4 Holbach traducteur, stratège et philosophe    Mladen Kozul      5 The Role of Prophecies: Baron d’Holbach as a Translator  of Anthony Collins    Jacopo Agnesina      6 D’Holbach and the “Spirit of Judaism”    Gianni Paganini      7 The Absent Guest: D’Holbach’s Strategic Use of Voltaire’s Texts    Ruggero Sciuto      Part 3: Holbach: Encyclopédiste   8 La critique religieuse du baron d’Holbach dans l’Encyclopédie : une approche méthodique    Alain Sandrier      9 L’autre d’Holbach : l’encyclopédiste traducteur de chimie et d’histoire naturelle    Mélanie Éphrème      Part 4: Holbach and His Time   10 How Many Atheists at d’Holbach’s Table?    Emilio Mazza and Gianluca Mori      11 D’Holbach et Diderot : une amitié plus que philosophique    Paolo Quintili      12 Voltaire contre la coterie holbachique    Gerhardt Stenger      13 D’Holbach, les cercles holbachiques et la circulation de la littérature philosophique clandestine    Maria Susana Seguin      14 Who Are D’Holbach’s Readers?    Nicholas Cronk      Part 5: Holbach and Revolutionary Consciousnesses   15 D’Holbach’s Political and Social Thought: The Democratic “Revolution” in Western Values Prior to 1789    Jonathan Israel      16 D’Holbach’s Legacy in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union    Iryna Mykhailova      Index Nominum","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210804781399,"sku":"9789004435780","price":110.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-protector-of-wits-baron-dholbach-and-his-time-9789004435780","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}