Required Reading
[E&S] = Edwards, Kathryn A., and Susie Speakman Sutch, eds. Leonarde’s Ghost: Popular Piety and the Appearance of a Spirit in 1628. Truman State University Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781931112796.
[Descartes] = Descartes, René. Discourse on Method. Hackett Publishing Company, 1988. ISBN: 9780915144853. (View on: Project Gutenberg, LibriVox.)
[D&J] = Dobbs, Betty Jo Teeter, and Margaret C. Jacob. Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism. Humanity Books, 1994. ISBN: 9781573925457.
[Offray] = de la Mettrie Julien, Offray. Man-Machine. Hackett Publishing Company, 1994. ISBN: 9780872202641.
Optional
[HUNT] = Hunt, Lynn, et al. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, Vol. II: Since 1340. Bedford/St Martin’s, 2010. ISBN: 9780312439460.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS AND RESOURCES |
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| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Witchcraft and Magic |
Ruggiero, Guido, ed. “Witchcraft and Magic.” In A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance. Wiley-Blackwell, 2006, pp. 475-90. ISBN: 9781405157834. [E&S] “Leonarde’s Ghost,” pp. 1-45. Optional[HUNT] pp. 468-76. Web Resources: Les Tres riches heures du Duc de Berry |
| 3 | Leonarde’s Ghost | [E&S] pp. 46-119. |
| 4 | The Cartesian Insight | [Descartes] all. |
| 5 |
Cartesianism in the Seventeenth Century Writing Workshop |
Web Resources: “Rene Descartes” - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
| 6 | English Radicalism and The Trial of Charles I, 1647-1649 |
Cochrane, Eric, Charles M. Gray, and Mark Kishlansky, eds. University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization Volume 6, Early Modern Europe: Crisis of Authority. Chicago, 1987, pp. 342-49. ISBN: 9780226069487
Optional[HUNT] pp. 497-504. [HUNT] pp. 540-7. |
| 7 | 1688 in England |
Pincus, Steven C. A., ed. England’s Glorious Revolution, 1688-1689: A Brief History With Documents. Bedford/St Martin’s, 2005, pp. 69-71. ISBN: 9780312167141.
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| 8 | A Visit to the MFA | |
| 9 | Newtonianism |
[D&J] pp. 3-104. Web Resources: The Newton Project |
| 10 | The First Debate | |
| 11 | State and Art in the Dutch Golden Age |
Temple, Sir William. “The United Provinces: A Description and an Analysis.” The Low Countries in Early Modern Times: A Documentary History. In Herbert H. Rowen, ed. Walker & Company, 1972, pp. 213-23. ISBN: 9780802720351. Alpers, Svetlana. “With a Sincere Hand and a Faithful Eye: The Craft of Representation.” In The Art of Describing: Dutch Seventeenth-Century Art. University of Chicago Press, 1984, pp. 72-118. ISBN: 9780226015132. Optional[HUNT] pp. 504-7 |
| 12 | Spinozism and the Idea of a “Radical” Enlightenment |
Jonathan Israel, and Michael Silverthrone, eds. Theological-Political Treatise. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521530972.
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| 13 | Enlightenment France | |
| 14 | Voltaire Goes to England, and Persians Come to Paris |
Voltaire. “Letters 8-11.” In Letters on England. Translated by Leonard Tancock. Penguin Classics, 1980, pp. 44-56. ISBN: 9780140443868. [See on Fordham University Montesquieu, Charles –Louis de Secondat. “Letters 1-4, 11-14, 24-35, 147-161.” In The Persian Letters. Translated by C. J. Betts. Penguin Classics, 1973. ISBN: 9780140442816. Optional[HUNT] pp. 561-80. |
| 15 | Are Men Machines? Are Machines Alive? |
Riskin, Jessica.“Eighteenth-CenturyWetware.” Representations 83 (2003): 97-125. (PDF - 2.8MB) [Offray] pp. 20-76. |
| 16 | Encyclopédie I: The Structure of Knowledge |
Schwab, Richard N., and Walter E. Rex, trans. The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d’Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. MPublishing, University of Michigan Library, 2009.
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| 17 | Encyclopédie II: The Place of the Mechanical Arts | Web Resources: Technology and Enlightenment: The Mechanical Arts in Diderot’s Encyclopédie |
| 18 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau vs. The French Enlightenment |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. “A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences.” In The Social Contract and the Discourses. Everyman’s Library, 1993. ISBN: 9780679423027. [See on Online Library of Liberty] ———. “Excerpts.” In Jean-Jacques Rousseau, His Educational Theories Selected from Emile, Julie, and Other Writings. Edited by R. L. Archer. Barron’s Educational Series, 1964, pp. 55-75. ISBN: 9780764191558. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 19 | Second Debate | |
| 20 | French Revolution I: The Ideals of 1789 |
Censer, Jack R., and Lynn Hunt. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. Penn State University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780271020884. [See on Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution.]
“Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.” (1789) [See on The Avalon Project] “Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen.” (1791) [See on City University of New York] “The Constitution of 1791.” (1791) [See on The Online Source Book] Web Resources: French Revolution. History Teachers. Optional[Hunt] pp. 581-608. |
| 21 | French Revolution II: The Lessons of 1793-1794 |
Censer, Jack R., and Lynn Hunt. “The Monarchy Falls.” Chapter 6 in Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. Penn State University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780271020884. “Documents on the Terror.” In The French Revolution: A Document Collection. Edited by Laura Mason and Tracey Rizzo. Wadsworth Publishing, 1998, pp. 225-43. ISBN: 9780669417807. Kafker, Frank A., James M. Laux, and Darline Gay Levy, eds. “Why Terror in 1793-1794?” In The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 5th ed. Krieger, 2002, pp. 185-226. ISBN: 9781575240923. Optional[Hunt] pp. 608-20. |
| 22 | The Political Backlash: Conservatism |
Boffa, Massimo. “Counter-Revolution.” In A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. Edited by François Furet and Mona Ozouf. Harvard, 1989, pp. 640-8. ISBN: 9780674177284. Burke, Edmund. “Reflections on the Revolution in France.” In The University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 7: The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Edited by Keith Michael Baker. University of Chicago Press, 1987, pp. 428-45. ISBN: 9780226069500. [Preview on Google Books] de Maistre, Joseph. “Considerations on France.” In The University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 7: The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Edited by Keith Michael Baker. University of Chicago Press, 1987, pp. 428-45. ISBN: 9780226069500. [See on Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution] Optional[Hunt] pp. 621-37, and 651-59. |
| 23 | The Cultural Backlash: Romanticism |
Wordsworth, William. “Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting The Banks Of The Wye During A Tour. July 13, 1798”. Optional[Hunt] pp. 659-61. |
| 24 | What is Enlightenment? (1784 & 1984) |
Kant, Immanuel. “What is Enlightenment? (1784).” In The Enlightenment: A Brief History with Documents. Edited by Margaret C. Jacob. Bedford/St. Martins, 237, pp. 202-208. ISBN: 9780312179977. Foucault, Michel. “What is Enlightenment? (1984)” In A Michel Foucault Reader. Edited by Paul Rabinow. Pantheon, 1984, pp. 32-50. ISBN: 9780394713403. |
