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The fringe of the Enlightenment

Nitochris · 2010-04-04 21:31:09

Here's a resource for people interested in the Enlightenment, and can read French http://collections.stanford.edu/supere/page.action?forward=texts_topic It highlights areas of the Enlightenment which many would normally discount when writing or discussing the historiography of the period. They use the term…

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Here's a resource for people interested in the Enlightenment, and can read French

http://collections.stanford.edu/supere/page.action?forward=texts_topic

It highlights areas of the Enlightenment which many would normally discount when writing or discussing the historiography of the period. They use the term Super-Enlightenment to widen the scope from generally accepted Enlightenment thinking, and retain a distinction between the traditional texts and these ones.

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#2 05-04-2010 10:59am
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Here is some background to that. Many of the texts have been translated but I can't find a link. Can you?

http://shc.stanford.edu/intellectual-life/research-spotlights/super-englightenment-digital-archive-offers-glimpse-dark-side-enlightenment

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