{"product_id":"clandestine-philosophy-new-studies-on-subversive-manuscripts-in-early-modern-europe-1620-1823-hardcover","title":"Clandestine Philosophy: New Studies on Subversive Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe, 1620-1823 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGianni Paganini\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMargaret C. Jacob\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Christian Laursen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClandestine philosophical manuscripts, made up of forbidden works including erotic texts, political pamphlets, satires of court life, forbidden religious texts, and books about the occult, had an avid readership in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, becoming objects of historical research by the twentieth century. The purveyors of the clandestine could be found in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, and not least in Paris or London. Despite the heavy risks, including prison, the circulation of these manuscripts was a prosperous venture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Ira Wade's pioneering contribution (1938), \u003ci\u003eClandestine Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003eis the first work in English entirely focused on the philosophical clandestine manuscripts that preceded and accompanied the birth of the Enlightenment. Topics from philosophy, political and religious thought, and moral and sexual behaviour are addressed by contemporary authors working in both America and Europe. These manuscripts shed light on the birth of pornography and provide an important avenue for investigating philosophical, religious, political, and social critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGianni Paganini\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Dipartimento Studi Umanistici at Università del Piemonte Orientale.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMargaret C. Jacob\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Christian Laursen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751702200608,"sku":"9781487504618","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d1fe7d748ac454e8e0bb4b3350fcce8b.webp?v=1779978132","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/clandestine-philosophy-new-studies-on-subversive-manuscripts-in-early-modern-europe-1620-1823-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}